Reply to post: Re: Timing is everything

Sysadmin trained his offshore replacements, sat back, watched ex-employer's world burn

ma1010

Re: Timing is everything

I once had an interview where I was asked how you'd create a text file in DOS if EDIT wasn't available.

The stock answer was to redirect TTY>C:\filename.txt and used ctrl-Z to end,

Or you could use COPY CON which was the main alternative to EDLIN before EDIT finally came along.

POST COMMENT House rules

Not a member of The Register? Create a new account here.

  • Enter your comment

  • Add an icon

Anonymous cowards cannot choose their icon