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From: g89r4222@kudu.ru.ac.za (Geoff Rehmet)
Subject: Re: Could the BSD 4.4 Lite be a new beginning?
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References: <HSU.94Feb14043905@laphroaig.cs.hut.fi> <R60q1p-.dysonj@delphi.com> <g89r4222.761250723@kudu> <CL8Jyr.HA5@unccsun.uncc.edu>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 1994 09:44:20 GMT
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In <CL8Jyr.HA5@unccsun.uncc.edu> jlrobins@unccsun.uncc.edu (James Lee Robinson) writes:

>OK -- I'll bite. What does `crashme' do, exactly? What about it is so 
>"detremential" ?

From the crashme man page ;-) :

DESCRIPTION
       crashme  is a very simple program that tests the operating
       environment's robustness by invoking random data as if  it
       were  a  procedure.   The  standard signals are caught and
       handled with a setjmp back to a loop which will try  again
       to produce a fault by executing random data.


......


BUGS
       Not all signals are caught, and the state of the user pro-
       gram/process enviroment can be sufficiently  damaged  such
       that  the  program  terminates  before  going  through all
       [NTRIES] operations.

       Beware: This program can crash your computer if the  oper-
       ating  system  or hardware of same is buggy. User data may
       be lost.

AUTHOR
       George J Carrette. GJC@MITECH.COM


;-)
Geoff
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