Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 14:10:37 -0800 (PST) From: david@jlc.net To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: misc/15215: Outputting in Fortune under certain circumstances renders the .dat file unreadable. Message-ID: <19991201221037.16CE6150AC@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 15215 >Category: misc >Synopsis: Outputting in Fortune under certain circumstances renders the .dat file unreadable. >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Dec 1 14:20:01 PST 1999 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: David Edmondson >Release: FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE >Organization: John Leslie Consulting >Environment: FreeBSD sweelinck.jlc.net 3.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE #0: Thu Sep 16 23:40:35 GMT 1999 jkh@highwing.cdrom.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC i386 >Description: Entering fortune -m "a" limerick > filename gives the message [Warning: file "startrek.dat" unreadable]. This occurred on four seperate machines, and will work with any Fortune database. This was run with a user account, group 'wheel'. It is consistent. >How-To-Repeat: Occurs consistently. >Fix: Enter path before output file ( fortune -m "a" limerick > path/filename) >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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