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From: Alexander Viro <viro@mat...>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Progeny Linux's Linux NOW
Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 01:57:09 -0400 (EDT)



On Thu, 3 Aug 2000 forsyth@cal... wrote:

> >>NAME
> >>	dsw -- delete interactively
> 	...
> >>BUGS
> >>	The name dsw is a carryover from the ancient past. Its
> >>	etymology is amusing.
> 
> `delete from switches' if memory serves (ie, file name placed in console switches)

Was it a name or inumber?