Re: FAT32 input > output = null?

[harry <Rik.Bobbaers () cc kuleuven ac be>]

morning_wood wrote:
> > You can also delete files by using the "del" command. I tested this with the 
> > 5.1 ntos kernel (Slackware XP):
> >
> > C:\>del testfile.exe
>
> if you were trying to be sarcastic in saying this is
> "normal, any dummy knows that"  then you failed
> horrendously, sir.
> where did the delete command came from ????
> this has nothing to do with any system command
> it was simply an odd behavior where by ">" piping
> output of a file into itself, causes a 0 byte or corrupted file
> C:>del.exe >del.exe
> in particular, executeable files.

he is right... del does delete the file...

and > is redirect, not pipe (|)

what you are doing is: (IF del.exe should exist off course)
execute del.exe and redirect the output to a file: del.exe

==> del.exe is loaded in memory, and then the output of del.exe 
(nothing) is written into del.exe ==> del.exe is 0 bytes, and not the 
executable anymore. it's content is overwritten...

i don't see anything weird??? do you???

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