[plug] Mistakes on your "Sample exam"

[Mike Holland]

Garth,
its worse than that.
- First, '*' does not match all files - it misses all the .* files, and
  catches all sub-directories, giving errros.
- The shell wasnt specified. (or other environ!) 
- 'cat' is a bad choice as it looses boundaries. I'd choose 'tar', given
  such a vague question.

I'd have serious questions about the guy who wrote these questions.
Its about as vague and wooly as your average requirements specification.


On Sun, 8 Aug 1999, Garth Atkinson wrote:

> 3.1b     Which one of the following is the correct command to store
> all of the contents of all files in the present working directory (or
> pwd) into a single new file called 'all_in_one'? 
> 
> A.   cat * > all_in_one 
> B.   cp * all_in_one 
> C.   cat * >> all_in_one 
> D.   All of the above 
> E.   Both A and C 
> 
> They mark E as being the correct answer. Only A will do that all of the


Mike Holland <mike at golden.wattle.id.au>            Perth, Australia.
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