Bonnie is indeed a disk benchmarking tool that create large (junk) files
like the one you have here. You're probably safe to nuke this.

--rdp


On Sat, 19 Feb 2000, Hartnett wrote:

> You could try changing the name of the file first and see if problems arise, if none 
>then delete it.
> 
>                               Sean
> 
> On Sat, 19 Feb 2000 17:54:02 -0500, Kurth Bemis wrote:
> 
> >At 05:50 PM 2/19/2000 , you wrote:
> >
> >hrm..its taking up 19 megs...we don't use any fax programs...think its safe 
> >to delete it?
> >
> >~kurth
> >
> >>On Sat, 19 Feb 2000, Kurth Bemis wrote:
> >> > usa:/virtual/test/usr/bin# file Bonnie.20727
> >> > Bonnie.20727: raw G3 data, byte-padded
> >>
> >>   The "file" command gets its data from a file, usually called 
> >> "/etc/magic" or
> >>"/usr/share/magic" or some other variant thereof.  The file is plain-text,
> >>human-readable, and commented.  A quick search for "G3" gave me the following
> >>snippet, which may be of help.
> >>
> >>----- Cut Here ------
> >># modem:  file(1) magic for modem programs
> >>#
> >># From: Florian La Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>4       string          Research,       Digifax-G3-File
> >> >29     byte            1               , fine resolution
> >> >29     byte            0               , normal resolution
> >>
> >>0       short           0x0100          raw G3 data, byte-padded
> >>0       short           0x1400          raw G3 data
> >>----- Cut Here ------
> >>
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