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From: David McNab <mcnab@bayarea.net>
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	Sean Kelly on Mon, 15 Jul 1996 21:27:28 -0600)
Subject: Re: can't delete rcp
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Sean Kelly wrote:
|>>>>> "Ben" == Ben Black <black@MR.Net> writes:
|
|    Ben> i tried unlinking the thing, cat /dev/null onto it...what
|    Ben> simple thing am i missing?
|
|			  chflags noschg rcp

     I haven't been around here very long, so if this
has been discussed to death please pardon me for
bringing it up.

     This "flags" thing looks like an abomination to
me.  What is the rationale behind it, and where did it
come from?

  -- Dave McNab