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  From: James Collins <sysadmin@ltuae.com>
  To  : LinuxSA <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 15:18:51 +1000

Re: Unusual log file

> It's named \ and has a date of 22 Apr and is 861 bytes.
> I can not cat/less/vi this file.

    Try

     vi '\'

    Do you sometime vi your logfiles? If you accidentally type w\ instead of
just w, it will have saved that logfile as /

    Best guess :)

James :) Collins

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