On 08/11/2011 10:39 AM, Frank Cox wrote: > On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:38:07 -0430 > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > >> Besides which, a shell script named "a.out" would arouse my suspicions. >> Although not illegal, I would regard it as an attempted Trojan. > > a.out is the default name of the executable file that's created by C > compilers > on Unix systems when a filename is not specifically requested on the > commandline. >
True. However, there's no good reason that I can think of to use that name for a shell script, and that's what Patrick O'Callaghan was writing about. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
