In the '90s there was a case of corporate espionage (theft of integrated circuit...

dcassett on March 9, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Fixing Unix/Linux/Posix Filenames: Control Charact...

In the '90s there was a case of corporate espionage (theft of integrated circuit IP) where the guy had copied the design databases into a unix directory named '..^A' (control-A at the end) such that a 'ls -a' would show two '..' entries.