Re: odd file

2000-02-20 Thread James R. Van Zandt
Kurth Bemis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >um... >this is all it contains > > !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghij >!"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijkl >mnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~ > !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJ

Re: odd file

2000-02-20 Thread Rich Payne
Bonnie is indeed a disk benchmarking tool that create large (junk) files like the one you have here. You're probably safe to nuke this. --rdp On Sat, 19 Feb 2000, Hartnett wrote: > You could try changing the name of the file first and see if problems arise, if none >then delete it. > >

Re: odd file

2000-02-19 Thread Hartnett
You could try changing the name of the file first and see if problems arise, if none then delete it. Sean On Sat, 19 Feb 2000 17:54:02 -0500, Kurth Bemis wrote: >At 05:50 PM 2/19/2000 , you wrote: > >hrm..its taking up 19 megs...we don't use any fax programs...t

Re: odd file

2000-02-19 Thread Kurth Bemis
At 07:34 PM 2/19/2000 , you wrote: um... this is all it contains !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghij !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijkl mnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~ !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUV

Re: odd file

2000-02-19 Thread Jeff Macdonald
try using viewfax to view the file (you need X). At 07:34 PM 2/19/00 -0500, you wrote: >On Sat, 19 Feb 2000, Kurth Bemis wrote: > > > i found this today. what is it? > > > > usa:/virtual/test/usr/bin# file Bonnie.20727 > > Bonnie.20727: raw G3 data, byte-padded > > usa:/virtual/test/usr/bin# > >Y

Re: odd file

2000-02-19 Thread Derek Martin
On Sat, 19 Feb 2000, Kurth Bemis wrote: > i found this today. what is it? > > usa:/virtual/test/usr/bin# file Bonnie.20727 > Bonnie.20727: raw G3 data, byte-padded > usa:/virtual/test/usr/bin# You might also try also doing this: strings Bonnie.20727 |less And see if there is anything in th

Re: odd file

2000-02-19 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Sat, 19 Feb 2000, Kurth Bemis wrote: > hrm..its taking up 19 megs...we don't use any fax programs...think its safe > to delete it? That is a decision you have to make! :-) Despite the name, "file" isn't magic; it can make mistakes. Besides, who am I to say what software you may be usin

Re: odd file

2000-02-19 Thread Kurth Bemis
At 05:50 PM 2/19/2000 , you wrote: hrm..its taking up 19 megs...we don't use any fax programs...think its safe to delete it? ~kurth >On Sat, 19 Feb 2000, Kurth Bemis wrote: > > usa:/virtual/test/usr/bin# file Bonnie.20727 > > Bonnie.20727: raw G3 data, byte-padded > > The "file" command gets

Re: odd file

2000-02-19 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Sat, 19 Feb 2000, Kurth Bemis wrote: > usa:/virtual/test/usr/bin# file Bonnie.20727 > Bonnie.20727: raw G3 data, byte-padded The "file" command gets its data from a file, usually called "/etc/magic" or "/usr/share/magic" or some other variant thereof. The file is plain-text, human-readable,

odd file

2000-02-19 Thread Kurth Bemis
i found this today. what is it? usa:/virtual/test/usr/bin# file Bonnie.20727 Bonnie.20727: raw G3 data, byte-padded usa:/virtual/test/usr/bin# i'm setting up vhosts with a virtual filesystem and one file system takes 100M so i'm trying to trim it a bit. ~kurth Kurth Bemis Senior UNIX Network