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Date:      Fri, 1 Feb 2002 19:45:30 -0600 (CST)
From:      Matt Heckaman <matt@LUCIDA.CA>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG, <stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Junior Annoying Hacker Task
Message-ID:  <20020201194422.G96043-100000@epsilon.lucida.ca>
In-Reply-To: <3C5B42FA.858F36A8@mindspring.com>

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On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, Terry Lambert wrote:
...
: There's not even a "virc" equivalent to "vipw", that can do a
: consistency check on the file to make sure it's "sourceable" by a shell
: script, before permitting the edits to replace the valid contents, and
: keep a backup of the previous file for you.

Out of this entire thread, something I like! This would be a great idea.

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