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From: juengst@saph1.physik.uni-bonn.de (Henry G. Juengst)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc
Subject: Re: How to delete files within C programs
Date: 14 May 1996 18:34:19 GMT
Organization: Institut fuer Strahlen- und Kernphysik
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In article <4n99om$e4v@moacs11.moacs.indiv.nl.net>, waldi@moacs.indiv.nl.net (Waldi Ravens) writes:
>Henry G. Juengst <juengst@saph1.physik.uni-bonn.de> wrote:
>> In article <4n7mse$o34@web.nmti.com>, peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>> >
>> >UNIX doesn't have a monopoly on obscure commands, and it at least provides
>> >decent cross-references from one part of a subsystem to another so if you
>> >know the command to print a file you can find the command to cancel the print
>> 
>> If you know the command to print...
>
>Which may easily be determined with "apropos print".

Yes, if your unix has 'apropos' and good manual pages like e.g. NetBSD
(please excuse if I didn't mention your favorite unix flavour:-). I am
afraid, but this is not true for all unix variants.

Other operting systems use 'print' to print files.

>
>
>Waldi

Henry

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