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Is beep a backdoor?
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Is beep a backdoor?


  • Subject: Is beep a backdoor?
  • From: Malcolm Fitzgerald <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 12:10:56 +1000

I was debugging a script and came across this oddity. You can hand beep a command and it will perform the task

beep (close window 1)

I'd originally typed this line:

beep -- close window 1

I had meant to delete "beep --" but only managed to delete the comment markers, Applescript compiled it to "beep (close window 1)" and it runs.
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Malcolm Fitzgerald
Database Manager
The Australian Society of Authors

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