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RE: How create variables to hold directory names on Windows bash?
- From: One Angry User <angry at lusers dot org>
- To: Talk Amongst Yourselves <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 12:42:35 -0500 (EST)
- Subject: RE: How create variables to hold directory names on Windows bash?
- Organization: The Lusers Forum
- References: <3D848382FB72E249812901444C6BDB1D022F50F2@exchange.timesys.com>
- Reply-to: Talk Amongst Yourselves <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Reply-to: Blaaab Babble Boogle Bop <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
On a chilly Wednesday morning, the 9th day of March, 2005, Sam Robb's
computer emitted the following stream of bytes:
> > Maybe we should quiz people on the words in particular positions
> > of the bash manual (preferably towards the end) before we let them
> > ask questions about bash? Some older games used this to verify that
> > you actually possessed a copy of the manual (and thus, presumably,
> > bought the game). Opinions? :-)
>
> Heck - let's not even let them *use* bash unless they can answer
> the questions. We can add a GUI to bash that pops up an annoying
> system-modal dialog that shows a 10-second animated intro graphic
> and asks the user something like,
>
> What is the 8th word in the 1st paragraph under the heading
> of 'Restricted Shell' in the bash man pages?
>
> Just think about the advantages!
Such delicious meanness. I'm not worthy!
OAU