Messages in this thread | | | From | Gene Heskett <> | Subject | Re: possible viri in tarballs? | Date | Wed, 5 Feb 2014 15:47:07 -0500 |
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On Wednesday 05 February 2014, Theodore Ts'o wrote: >On Wed, Feb 05, 2014 at 01:24:59PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: >> >/home/gene/src/linux-3.2.40/Documentation/usb/gadget_multi.txt: >> >MBL_400944.UNOFFICIAL FOUND >> >> You will see more history. >> >> So that file needs sanitized. I was under the impression that a file >> with the .txt extension was supposed to be pure ascii text, but its >> loaded to the gills with some sort of markup crap. And I have at >> least 20 copies of it. > >Huh? There are lines with > >* Overview > >... > >** Linux host drivers > >... > >in that file, sure. But I'd hardly call that "loaded to the gills >with markup crap". > >If the file was had any amount of XML or XHTML2, that would be markup >crap. But some Twiki style ascii markup is hardly a problem -- it >looks just fine when viewed in a text reader. > > - Ted
I was using mc's f3 function. I agree, it looks fine in less, or even gedit. I am going to filter it, you do as you feel is correct.
Thanks Ted.
Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
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