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From: I.G.Batten@ftel.co.uk (Ian G Batten)
Subject: Re: You can tune a file system, but you can't tune a fish
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In article <yekn3d81woz.fsf@grymoire.crd.ge.com>,
Bruce Barnett <barnett@grymoire.crd.ge.com> wrote:
> I don't know if it was on purpose, or if others mentioned it before,
> but I found snoop(1) amusing:
>
> OPTIONS
> -a Listen to packets on /dev/audio (warning:
> can be noisy).
The Unisoft V.2 man page for m4 lists:
-e Operate interactively. Interrupts are ignored and
the output is unbuffered. Using this mode requires a
special state of mind.
ian