Re: Information disclosure?

From: Marc Bevand (bevand_m_at_epita.fr)
Date: 04/22/05

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    Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 06:23:28 +0200
To: Pat Maddox <pergesu@gmail.com>

    Pat Maddox wrote:
    | No, it's not meant to clear the buffer. If you need to clear the
    | buffer, just cat a really, really long file.

    In this case, running yes(1) is more convenient. 

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Marc Bevand                              http://epita.fr/~bevand_m
Computer Science School EPITA - System, Network and Security Dept.
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