> You can also arrange for ed to never core dump using setrlimit(), which is > Posix.
Good reminder - thanks! > though in these Latter Days of the Law few people have access to anyone > else's /tmp directory But if a hacker managed to elevate their permission level to my ordinary user ID, then they could easily read my editor's tmp file with my super-duper-secret keys to my $10 Bazillion worth of Bitcoin, the next time I opened that encrypted file. *(I am using "Bazillion" is a synonym for "Satoshi".)* -- Paul Jackson p...@usa.net