Re: BEWARE the _at_CON

From: Philip Chee <philip_at_aleytys.pc.my>
Date: 1995/10/19
Message-ID: <814076950.1219snx_at_aleytys.pc.my>#1/1

In article <46343j$oq1_at_newsbf02.news.aol.com> roywagner_at_aol.com writes:
>
>When using PO7 and in Oracle SQL*Plus, if I enter _at_CON and a carriage
>return, my computer locks up and the only way out is a reboot. I can't
>seem to find any documentation on this "command". (I discovered it when I
>entered it by mistake.)

On MS/PC DOS machines CON is a reserved device name and the OS is probably waiting for you to type something into your CONsole. As a guess try typing ^Z (CONTROL-Z) which means EOT to DOS.

Philip

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