> a "stdcmd" stream that let you read a *genuinely* unlimited stream of
> null-terminated parameters. In the absence of that, handcraft it

Your C is showing.  Please have the length of strings upfront.

That being said, a stdcmd would be cool.

> yourself.
>
> * For example... you're not allowed, as administrator, to use "dd" to
> zero out a directory entry on a mounted file system any more. You used
> to be able to treat directories just like files if you were root, and
> there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth when that went away.

Oh, the times: "unlink .".  (Usually followed by "1..2..3...SYSTEM HALTED".)

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