Re: Unix administrator has just ruined my life !

[cutting] > > Anyway when it was over I was going to post this anecdote as a warning > to DBAs not to use cooked file space because of the danger of some > sysadmin deciding a filesystem is too full and deleting your HUGE file > which just MUST be some program's runaway output and mixed binary and text > at that! Then I spotted this post and just shook my head. Seems nothing > is sacred any more. > > Art S. Kagel This was a common mistake made by the admins at an Orifice shop I was working at, big file, no access for nearly a month, so just delete it. The admins wouldn't let the DBA have raw disk 'cos they, and I quote, 'didn't believe raw disk worked' -- Paul Watson # WF Software # It said use Windows95 or better Tel ++44 1436 674729 # So I used Unix Fax ++44 1436 678693 # www.wfsoftware.com/informix #