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    From Sally Shears@sshears@theWorld.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Tuesday, July 01, 2003 03:42:03
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    I have a strange directory in my home directory

    The directory is /Users/sally/vw

    It contains two files, each is named with a long string of numbers and
    letters

    Each file contains:
    S:9::9::::9:9::999::::::999::9999999:9999

    What is this "vw" directory?

    -- Sally
    --

    Sally Shears (a.k.a. "Molly")
    sshears@theWorld.com -or- Sally@Shears.org
    http://theWorld.com/~sshears
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  • From David Magda@dmagda+trace030624@ee.ryerson.ca to comp.sys.mac.system on Tuesday, July 01, 2003 11:17:56
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    Sally Shears <sshears@theWorld.com> writes:
    [...]
    What is this "vw" directory?

    Do you own a Volkswagon?

    (Sorry, I had to do it. :)

    --
    David Magda <dmagda at ee.ryerson.ca>, http://www.magda.ca/
    Because the innovator has for enemies all those who have done well under
    the old conditions, and lukewarm defenders in those who may do well
    under the new. -- Niccolo Machiavelli, _The Prince_, Chapter VI
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  • From johnny bobby bee@stepore@mailexcite.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Tuesday, July 01, 2003 15:15:32
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    On Tue, 01 Jul 2003 03:42:03 +0000, Sally Shears wrote:


    Each file contains:
    S:9::9::::9:9::999::::::999::9999999:9999

    What is this "vw" directory?

    -- Sally

    open up terminal and type the command 'file' (no quotes) then the name of
    one of those 2 files. see if it tells you what kind of files they are.
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  • From Heather Donahue@nospam@sonic.net to comp.sys.mac.system on Tuesday, July 01, 2003 23:24:39
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    In article <bdqvub$vou$2@pcls4.std.com>,
    Sally Shears <sshears@theWorld.com> wrote:

    I have a strange directory in my home directory

    The directory is /Users/sally/vw

    It contains two files, each is named with a long string of numbers and letters

    Each file contains:
    S:9::9::::9:9::999::::::999::9999999:9999

    What is this "vw" directory?

    My guess is you have, or did have, a copy of VisualRoute and have run it
    at least once. I tried it out some months ago and it left the same "vw" directory in my home directory.

    BTW, VisualRoute is essentially a traceroute program, written in Java
    from what I can tell. I tried it and although it offers some nice
    features that other similar apps are missing, it was too flaky for my
    tastes.

    --
    Heather Donahue
    Direct all replies to newsgroups
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  • From Sally Shears@sshears@theWorld.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Wednesday, July 02, 2003 04:58:34
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    johnny bobby bee <stepore@mailexcite.com> wrote:
    : On Tue, 01 Jul 2003 03:42:03 +0000, Sally Shears wrote:

    Each file contains:
    S:9::9::::9:9::999::::::999::9999999:9999

    What is this "vw" directory?

    -- Sally

    : open up terminal and type the command 'file' (no quotes) then the name of
    : one of those 2 files. see if it tells you what kind of files they are.

    Result: ASCII text.

    Thanks. It was worth a try, but didn't learn anything.

    -- Sally
    --

    Sally Shears (a.k.a. "Molly")
    sshears@theWorld.com -or- Sally@Shears.org
    http://theWorld.com/~sshears
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  • From Sally Shears@sshears@theWorld.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Wednesday, July 02, 2003 04:59:37
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    Heather Donahue <nospam@sonic.net> wrote:
    : In article <bdqvub$vou$2@pcls4.std.com>,
    : Sally Shears <sshears@theWorld.com> wrote:

    I have a strange directory in my home directory

    The directory is /Users/sally/vw

    It contains two files, each is named with a long string of numbers and letters

    : My guess is you have, or did have, a copy of VisualRoute and have run it
    : at least once. I tried it out some months ago and it left the same "vw"
    : directory in my home directory.

    Bingo. Thanks, Heather. That's it.

    -- Sally
    --

    Sally Shears (a.k.a. "Molly")
    sshears@theWorld.com -or- Sally@Shears.org
    http://theWorld.com/~sshears
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  • From Joon@spoot@spacemoose.com.invalid to comp.sys.mac.system on Friday, July 04, 2003 16:50:20
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    In article <86y8zib7iz.fsf@number6.magda.ca>, David Magda <dmagda+trace030624@ee.ryerson.ca> wrote:

    Sally Shears <sshears@theWorld.com> writes:
    [...]
    What is this "vw" directory?

    Do you own a Volkswagon?

    (Sorry, I had to do it. :)

    I own a Volkswagen but I must be doing something wrong because I don't
    have a ~/vw directory. time to see if iSync supports a 2003 Passat :)

    --
    you know, if Jesus comes back to Earth, I bet the last
    thing he'll want to see again is another cross.
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