Reading, But No Copying
brnstnd at stealth.acf.nyu.edu
brnstnd at stealth.acf.nyu.edu
Fri Apr 13 08:28:00 AEST 1990
In article <1990Apr6.210922.5579 at gdwest.gd.com> macbeth at gdwest.UUCP (David Macy-Beckwith) writes:
> Create a file which is readable (by vi, more, whatever) by
> common-or-garden users BUT NOT COPYABLE.
Impossible. Once vi or more gets to it, it can be copied anywhere. If
you're trying to say ``which is printable but that's it,'' then write a
program that just sends the information to the printer.
This sounds like a problem of logistics, not UNIX.
---Dan
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