Strange behavior with filenames

[Gene Spafford]

Thanks for the responses.  The problem seems to lie with the BRL 3.0
distribution.  Their version of "cat", as shipped, has the bug
in it.  If we recompile /bin/cat, we get something lots smaller
than the BRL distribution version, with a much different set of
embedded character strings, and which doesn't have the bug.

The reason it didn't happen on our 780 was because someone else 
loaded the standard 4.2 /bin/cat on top of the BRL version (from tape)
a) without telling me, and b) without setting the modification time
to something recent.  Thus, I got misled.

Thanks for all the responses.  It's fixed now.  If you're running a
BRL distribution, check your /bin/cat command for odd behavior.

We now return you to your net, already in progress.
-- 
Gene "3 months and holding" Spafford
The Clouds Project, School of ICS, Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA 30332
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