> System: NetBSD allegory 0.9a ALLEGORY#0 i386
> >Description:
> 	file(1) core dumps when called with /etc/* but
> 	not when called on them individually, ie
> 
> 		file /etc/*		{ core dumps }
> 
> 		foreach f(/etc/*)	{ works ok }
> 			file $f
> 		end
> 
> >How-To-Repeat:
> 	Uudecode the following shell script and execute it.  Altering
> 	"irrelevant" details in it can cause it to not core dump.
> 	For example, it seems important that you use /tmp not
> 	/tmp/zz.  Run it on a machine where you can delete all
> 	other files in /tmp and don't run it under X11 (perhaps
> 	pseudo ttys screw it up).
> 
> 	I won't be surprised if you can't repeat it.  It's taken
> 	me a few hours to get it to be this solid :-(
>
> [ ... ]
>
> >Fix:
> 	Your turn.

As you may have guessed, i wasn't able to replicate this...
has anybody else tried it, and been 'successful'?


chris

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