New Linux Skills Tests Question

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Wed Oct 13 11:29:17 2004 New Linux Skills Tests Question
Posted by Tony Lawrence
Search Keys: mail|shell
Referencing: /Tests/Linux/

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The MAIL variable in your Bash shell is ordinarily set to point at your mailbox to alert you of new mail. You could set that to the name of any file you wanted to watch for changes.


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  • Nov 21 07:55
    @loudmouthman: correct, but how do you prove ANYTHING like that is accurate? You can't. A text file is no better or worse than anything.
  • Nov 21 07:40
    @loudmouthman: well, a digital signature could prove it hadn't been altered. Text is no more insecure than anything else in that sense.









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