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>From Muuss at UTAH-20 Fri Aug 14 09:12:09 1981
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Date: 13 Aug 1981 1431-MDT
From: csvax.mhtsa!eagle!research!dmr at Berkeley
Subject: 1970 dsw manual page (honest)
Remailed-date: 13 Aug 1981 1433-MDT
Remailed-from: Jay Lepreau <Lepreau>
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DSW(1)              UNIX Programmer's Manual               DSW(1)



NAME
     dsw - delete from switches

SYNOPSIS
     (put number in console switches)
     dsw
     core

DESCRIPTION
     dsw reads the console switches to obtain a number n, prints
     the name of the n-th file in the current directory, and
     exits, leaving a core image file named core. If this core
     file is executed, the file whose name was last printed is
     unlinked (see unlink(2)).

     The command is useful for deleting files whose names are
     difficult to type.

SEE ALSO
     rm(1), unlink(2)

BUGS
     This command was written in 2 minutes to delete a particular
     file that managed to get an 0200 bit in its name.  It should
     work by printing the name of each file in a specified direc-
     tory and requesting a `y' or `n' answer.  Better, it should
     be an option of rm(1).

     The name is mnemonic, but likely to cause trouble in the
     future.



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