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From: me@amiganet.chi.il.us (Corey Sweeney)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
Subject: printer port
Date: 24 Jul 92 01:41:48 GMT
Organization: Amiga Network Information Systems

Hello I'm having a problem with the printer port.  if I try date > lp0 it says
file creation error.  This happened all of a sudden and my print queue has
backed up for the last 2 weeks.  Any ideas?
From: Charlie Rosenberg <crosenberg@igc.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
Date: 30 Jul 92 17:31 PDT
Subject: rmail/sendmail UUCP reports
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1534600006:000:1091
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!crosenberg    Jul 30 17:31:00 1992



I recently installed TCP/IP on a Xenix 2.3.3 system and along with
it, sendmail.  Since the installation, I keep getting these reports
(lots~of them and so does the other system) on UUCP sessions with one 
system we continue to talk to via UUCP.

Someone suggested that the problem might be the debug mode of sendmail
but it is being run by tcp as -bd -q1h, so nothing there.  I looked 
up rmail in the manual but it lists no options to it at all.

In case this is a bug in the version of sendmail that I installed, 
I did install an old version of TCP/IP (1.0.1).

Here is what these constant messages look like:

From pandora!uummrc Thu Jul 30 16:13:15 1992
Received: from pandora.UUCP by tecnet.me.tufts.edu with UUCP (5.59/25-eef)
        id AA18517; Thu, 30 Jul 92 16:13:14 PDT
Return-Path: <pandora!uummrc>
From: pandora!uucp (UUCP administrator)
X-Mailer: SCO System V Mail (version 3.2)
To: uucp
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 15:45:18 PDT
Message-Id:  <9207301545.aa28148@pandora.sf.ca.us>

remote execution        [uucp job pandoraC72bb (7/30-15:45:17)]
        rmail owen
exited normally


Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco,biz.sco.general,biz.sco.opendesktop
From: rohit@NeoSoft.com (Rohit Mehrotra)
Subject: TAPE drive question
Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 01:37:16 GMT


Hi,

I am trying to buy a tape drive for my 486 PC running SCO-ODT. The problem
is that I need to know which tape drive to buy so that the tapes made on the
PC can be read on my Sun tape drive.

	Which QIC format does Sun write its tapes in and which formats can 
	it read. 
        Will the tape drive read QIC-24 formatted tapes?
        Does the tape driver use 600A or 6250 cartridges?

I might sound a little vague but I am lost :(-

Thanks a lot in advance.

Rohit Mehrotra
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
From: apl@world.std.com (Anthony P Lawrence)
Subject: Re: shell scripts starting with #!/bin/sh
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 14:54:11 GMT

In article <1992Jul16.094718.40@ibmpcug.co.uk> dylan@ibmpcug.co.uk (Matthew Farwell) writes:
>
>Yet another reason to delete csh.
>

Naw, don't delete it.  Overwrite it with ksh.

:-}

	Tony

Lawrence & Clark, Inc		(617) 762-0707	(206) 323-2864
Xenix/Unix support,etc 	 	 Boston		 Seattle
From: ehfrank@athena.mit.edu (Eliot Frank)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
Subject: Re: dirent and strerror problems in SCO XENIX 2.3?
Date: 24 Jul 92 14:23:47 GMT
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

In article <466@ahmcs.mq.com>, alan@ahmcs.mq.com (Alan Mintz) writes:
|> 
|> For some reason, in the routines that scan directories for work, the
|> d_name field in dirent structures seems to start 2 bytes too far into
|> the structure, chopping off the first two chars of the filename. I 
|> have a hunch that it has to do with the d_off field being of the
|> wrong type (off_t, which is a long, instead of short).

There are two different and incompatible directory scanning libraries
in Xenix.  If you use the dirent header, you must link with the -ldir
library.  If you use the sys/ndir header, link with -lx.  If you mix
up the libraries you get the off by 2 letters problem.

Unfortunately the dirent routines (/lib/386/Slibdir.a) are buggy.
In a large directory readdir stops reading after only the first 
block's worth of files.  Try to replace Slibdir with a public domain
version if you can.  Otherwise you will have to convert to using the
sys/ndir version (-lx).

Eliot Frank (ehfrank@athena.mit.edu)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
From: srodawa@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Ron Srodawa)
Subject: Re: Compiler
Organization: Oakland University, Rochester MI.
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 04:47:01 GMT

In article <1992Jul21.211046.7377@panix.com> jsb@panix.com (J. S. B'ach) writes:
>In article <1992Jul16.120712.13418@krk.fi> cristo@krk.fi (Kristo Airinen) writes:
>  Anyone know where I can get the xenix port of gcc?

Both gcc and g++ for Xenix/386  are available on unix.oakland.edu 
(141.210.180.2) via anonymous ftp in /pub/xenix.  Ron.

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| Ronald J. Srodawa               | Internet: srodawa@vela.oakland.edu      |
| School of Engineering and CS    | UUCP:     srodawa@vela.UUCP             |
| Oakland University              | Voice:    (313) 370-2247                |
| Rochester, Michigan  48309-4401 |                                         |
From: timb@ksgbbs.harvard.edu (Tim Buehrer - 625-6829)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
Subject: Configuring ftpd:  Can it default to binary transfer
Summary: Can ftpd be configured to default to binary transfer?
Keywords: ftpd binary
Date: 28 Jul 92 03:21:45 GMT
Organization: Kennedy School of Government, Harvard, Cambridge


The most anoying thing about the ftpd that came with the tcp/ip kit from 
SCO is the fact that it defaults to ascii transfer.  Is there a way to con-
figure it to be binary?  If not, is there a public domain ftpd that can be
compiled under SCO XENIX?  (386)

Tim Buehrer
timb@ksgbbs.harvard.edu
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
From: ggvvgg@mixcom.com (Dave Fenske)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
Subject: Re: WordPerfect Office 3.0 Comments
Date: 26 Jul 92 13:36:10 GMT
Article-I.D.: mixcom.1992Jul26.133610.18797
Organization: Milwaukee Internet Xchange BBS, Milwaukee, WI U.S.A.

In article <1184@consult.UUCP> bob@consult.UUCP (Bob Willey CDP ) writes:
>In article <1326@pacsoft.com> mike@pacsoft.com (Mike Stefanik) writes:
>>: We use it every day, and have many sites of WordPerfect Office 3.0 in
>>: the field and have not seen a single core dump due to WPO 3.0.. What
>>: were you doing to create this situation.
>>
>>The version that I was using (an evaluation copy from WP) would repeatedly
>>dump core inside the calendar and mail.  I'm happy that it's working well
>>for you, but it certainly left a bad taste in my mouth.
>
>Maybe you ought to give it another try, and talk with WP Support, they
>are very helpful if something is setup wrong.
>
Thought I'd throw in my 2 cents worth.  I've just gone thru installing WP
Office 3.1 under SCO Xenix.   I think the product provides some execellent
functionality.  However, there are some distinct negative points as well.

The documentation frequently has incorrect examples.  For instance, the F13
key on the console.

The office functions are supported well - mail, scheduler, calendar, etc.

The cross-platform support isn't quite as good.  Mine was a fairly simple
application.  We only wanted to connect several DOS laptops to the host
Xenix system.  I can count on the joints of one finger the number of WP
people who are knowledgeable in that scenario.  That in itself isn't all 
that bad.  What is bad is the number of people who cheerfully provided
wrong answers, even though they didn't even bother to understand what it
was I was trying to do.

The 'async' server (for modems or direct connections) functions, but has
a flaw or two.  One example is that if you do an stty -a on the port you
are using, you find that MIN = 0 and TIME = 0.  This means they are
endlessly reading the port, which translates into a large amount of wasted
cpu cycles!  WP says that SCO claims its device driver for the standard
serial port doesn't work, and you MUST have the modem (connection) on a
supported third-party board.  The real problem (as I see it) is WP's
approach.  If they'd ever have bothered to take a look at how the real
world does this sort of thing - cu, uucico, TERM, Blast, etc. - they just
might have discovered a better way.

I could also mention some of the less than intuitive things one has to do
to setup the product.  An example: your local host needs to be defined as
a TCP/IP connection, even if you don't have or use TCP/IP.

DF
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
From: bduncan@ve3ied.UUCP (Bill Duncan)
Subject: Re: shell scripts starting with #!/bin/sh
Organization: TFMCS
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1992 22:37:02 GMT

In article <9207140914.AA04480@dynamix.com> david@dynamix.com (David L. Jarvis) writes:
>Also ...
>
>> in SYSTEM V, the first line either has a : or it doesn't.
>> 
>> If it does, it is a bourne shell script (sh) if it doesn't, it is a csh
>> script.
>
>this doesn't sound right to me ... I ran scripts without the : for years
>and /bin/sh was always the shell used ... it would seem to me that without
>the : indicates to use the current shell as the interpreter, but thats just
>my guess ... (perhaps the : just says that if you're using csh that sh
>should be used instead?)
>

You're right on the last count.  The Bourne shell will try to execute anything.
See Chip's notes.  Under Xenix it is a csh hack, and the hack is to execute
/bin/sh if it sees the ":" on the first line.
From: timb@ksgbbs.harvard.edu (Tim Buehrer - 625-6829)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
Subject: Is a second tape device possible?
Summary: How can one create a second SCSI tape device in Xenix?
Keywords: rct nrct tape dev
Date: 27 Jul 92 21:32:09 GMT
Organization: Kennedy School of Government, Harvard, Cambridge


We are trying to set up a second tape drive on our xenix box.  mkdev tape
insists on just overwriting rct0 and nrct0 with the new settings.  Is there
a way to create a second tape device like rct1 and nrct1?

Thanks for any suggestions.

Tim Buehrer
timb@ksgbbs.harvard.edu
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
From: ocon@bert.cs.byu.edu (John S. O'Conner)
Subject: uucp batch transfers
Organization: Brigham Young University, Utah
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 92 08:24:51 GMT


I have about a dozen files in many different directories that need to
be transferred daily to a remote site.  I know how to send a single file
with uucp, but...QUESTION:  is there a way to use uucp to transfer a batch
of files in one dialup session?

If uucp is incapable of this, is there some other piece of software that
will allow me to submit a list of files to be transferred?

Thanks,
John
ocon@bert.cs.byu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
From: david@dynamix.com (David L. Jarvis)
Subject: Re: ftp site ``anomaly''?
Organization:  SOFTWARE / DYNAMIX
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 12:13:43 EDT
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X-In-Reply-To: <MJN.92Jul25063853@pseudo.uucp>; from "Murray Nesbitt" at Jul 25, 92 2:38 pm
X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11]

> 
> I've been hearing of an ftp site named ``anomaly'' lately, which
> apparently carries files of interest to SCO Xenix users.
> 
> Can someone let me know the full ftp name for this site?  I couldn't
> find it in my list of ftp sites...
> 

Well, the full name for anomaly is anomaly.sbs.risc.net.  And yes, anomaly
does have quite an impressive archive of software that's been ported to
the SCO platforms.  
However ... (I'd like to continue on this topic if I may, because I feel
that publicly accessible archives are a tremendous asset to us small guys)
I have recently been in communication with Michael Deignan regarding
anomaly's operating status, because myself and many others on the net have
had very little (if any) success in making use of this great asset.
I had tried ftp'ing at various times from 5am to 8pm, and not once been
able to connect.  (anomaly would refuse connection)  So I asked Mr. Deignan
what the operating status of anomaly was, ie: was there some problem that 
I didn't know about preventing me from connecting.  The reply was: anomaly
is as it always has been; and anomaly will disappear if it gets to be too
big a pain in the a??.  Now, don't get me wrong, I completely agree with
Mr. Deignan that providing a (wonderful) asset to the Xenix community in
the form of an anonymous FTP archive cannot be the primary function of his
organization nor can it become detrimental to the firms functioning.  (this
is *not* a flame towards him or anomaly, merely a show of frustration by
having some wonderful tools just out of reach!)  Many others on the net
have expressed similiar problems in making use of the anomaly archives.
So ... would it be possible to have an anonymous ftp site be a "mirror"
of anomaly, therefore providing much greater access to this wealth of
software tools???  I've seen at least *3* other sites advertising their
archive of Xenix software, so I'm just wondering - why not? - can't one of
these other sites take on all of anomalys Xenix stuff?  (btw: the three
sites I'm thinking of are Oakland, UUnet, and wuarchive)   
So what do you ppl think?   


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|          david@dynamix.com                       /  DYNAMIX          |
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From: clayh+@MUDLHEAD.NETWORK.COM (Clayton Haapala)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
Subject: Re: dirent and strerror problems in SCO XENIX 2.3?
Date: 28 Jul 92 16:59:13 GMT
Organization: Network Systems Corporation

In article <1992Jul24.142347.14388@athena.mit.edu>, ehfrank@athena.mit.edu (Eliot Frank) writes:
|> In article <466@ahmcs.mq.com>, alan@ahmcs.mq.com (Alan Mintz) writes:
|> |> 
|> |> For some reason, in the routines that scan directories for work, the
|> |> d_name field in dirent structures seems to start 2 bytes too far into
|> 
Eliot is right on with his diagnosis of the 2 bytes problem, however:

|> Unfortunately the dirent routines (/lib/386/Slibdir.a) are buggy.
|> In a large directory readdir stops reading after only the first 
|> block's worth of files.  Try to replace Slibdir with a public domain
|> version if you can.  Otherwise you will have to convert to using the
|> sys/ndir version (-lx).
|> 

is not quite on the mark, I believe.  The Xenix 2.3.2 KERNEL had a problem with
dirent support that exhibited those symptoms.  This even happened when running
UNIX COFF binaries under Xenix.  That problem goes away with the SLS's that
bring 2.3.2 up to 2.3.3, or with the 2.3.4 upgrade.
-- 
Clayton Haapala	(clayh@network.com)	
Network Systems Corp.			"...and the alligators are on FIRE."
7625 Boone Ave N MS10				-- S.E.K.
Minneapolis, MN 55428-1099
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
From: keith@ksmith.uucp (Keith Smith)
Subject: Re: VP/ix not terminating on hangup
Organization: Keith's Computer, Hope Mills, NC
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 03:12:30 GMT
Keywords: vpix hangup

In article <BrpHLC.8pI@world.std.com> rfrenkel@world.std.com (richard frenkel) writes:
>I am running a VP/ix session over a dial up line (xenix 2.3.1, vpix 1.1).
>If the line is disconnected, the vpix session doesn't terminate and the
>next caller goes right in where the last left off (not good for security).
>Sending a kill -1 to the process terminates it fine.  Why doesn't the
>process terminate when there is a hangup and how can I fix it?
>
>Thanks
>
>rfrenkel@world.std.com

The HUPCL tty flag is not set in your gettydefs entry for the line in
question:

8 # B38400  HUPCL OPOST CR1 ECHOE NL1 #
	B38400 CS8 SANE CTSFLOW IXON -IXANY HUPCL TAB3 ECHOE #\r\n\
@! Please login: # 8

Suggest you copy #3 and play with it see also gettydefs(F), termio(M).
-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
From: mjn@pseudo.uucp (Murray Nesbitt)
Subject: Re: dirent and strerror problems in SCO XENIX 2.3?
Organization: Private system in Toronto, ON
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 07:07:35 GMT


In article <466@ahmcs.mq.com> alan@ahmcs.mq.com (Alan Mintz) writes:

> Also, has anyone had trouble with the strerror macro in string.h under
> gcc? I get unexplainable "parse errors" when using it, yet, in looking
> at the output of cpp, all looks normal. What am I missing?

Look more closely at the output of cpp.

This is how the macro strerror() is defined in my original string.h
(Xenix 2.3.2):

    #define strerror(err)       (sys_errlist[err]);

Notice the semi-colon at the end.  Obviously, this causes problems
when you invoke the macro in statements like this: 

    fprintf( stderr, "You lose: %s\n", strerror(errno) );

as it expands to 

    fprintf( stderr, "You lose: %s\n", (sys_errlist[errno]); );

Delete the trailing semi from string.h (or have your sysadmin do it),
and you shouldn't get bitten by this one again.

Murray
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
From: chip@chinacat.unicom.com (Chip Rosenthal)
Subject: Re: Shutdown does not prevent logins
Organization: Unicom Systems Development, Austin, TX
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 19:33:46 GMT

In article <4474@teslab.lab.oz.au>
	andrew@teslab.lab.oz.au (Andrew Phillips) writes:
>We recently upgraded to Xenix 2.3.4.  Now shutdown does not stop
>users logging in once it is run.  This means that if someone logs in
>in the minute before the system is shutdown they will have no warning.

I don't know that this was ever the case.  I'm not saying that it
isn't, just that I don't recall what the old behaviour was.

/etc/shutdown has not changed in ages.  Starting at two minutes before
the shutdown, /etc/shutdown does a `kill -3 1'.  This tells `init' to
stop spawning gettys on terminal lines.  It does not, however, kill
off any gettys already sitting there with a `login:' prompt.

If you want to kill off those gettys, you could modify /etc/shutdown
to do something like:

    pids=`ps -ef | awk '$1 == "root" && $8 == "-" && $9 ~ /^tty/ {print $2}'`
    [ "$pids" ] && kill $pids

right after the `kill -3 1'.

-- 
Chip Rosenthal  512-482-8260 | Let the wayward children play.  Let the wicked
Unicom Systems Development   | have their day.  Let the chips fall where they
<chip@chinacat.Unicom.COM>   | may.  I'm going to Disneyland.  -Timbuk 3
From: randy@psg.com (Randy Bush)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
Subject: telnet hangovers
Date: 26 Jul 92 21:33:57 GMT
Article-I.D.: psg.1992Jul26.213357.23192
Organization: Pacific Systems Group, Portland Oregon, US

Xenix 2.3.3(2.3.2+155), TCP/IP 1.0.1h.
-rwxr-xr-x   1 bin      bin        47976 Jan 22  1990 /usr/bin/telnet*

Some, maybe 5%, Telnet sessions seem to hang around after logout by user.

  o `last` shows user still logged in

  o `w` does not show user

  o `netstat` does not show port active

Eventually, the host runs out of Xenix's silly ten session limit.

randy
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From: dececco@combray.netnews (Maurizio De Cecco)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
Subject: EISA, ISA and Unix Sco
Date: 23 Jul 92 09:55:22 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: /users3/dececco/.organization


I am posting for a friend without news access,
so don't flame if this is a FAQ (please :->).
Moreover, i don't have a precise idea of what i am 
speaking about, just reporting what he told me on the
phone, so may be there is some basic misunderstanding
of the matter.

The question is: given a not better identified
386 EISA machine, he want to install a card made
for an ISA bus, and run Unix Sco  3.2.2 (or 3.2.4)
with the card driver added.

The EISA machine don't have any 8 bit slot (for what he know),
so he inserted the card (a X25 card) in the machine, installed
the OS, installed the driver, and started.

The behaviour that he get is that the machine boot properly,
work for a while, and after a few minutes he
get error messages from the card driver, and finally the whole
system hung up.

So the questions are:
	1- Is he doing something basically wrong ?
	2- What is the basic hardware compatibiltity
	   between an EISA card and a ISA card ?
	3- What are the problem connected to the OS
	   and drivers in general between EISA and ISA bus machine ??

Thanks for the help,

Maurizio

/* I am Not speaking for NSL !!! */
--
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From: ram@lionet.Wesley.OZ.AU (Richard A. Muirden)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
Subject: UFN wierdness solved (kind of)
Date: 28 Jul 92 01:19:41 GMT
Organization: Wesley College, Melbourne

This is so wierd! Going on from my problem posted yesterday and from
a little prodding from Chip (thanks!!) I had another look and all the
UFN files didn't have their magic number set for some reason, so
Xenix didn't know what type they were... So I went and re-installed
the UFN. Same problem :( Then I went back to the xnx file and untarred
that (but not onto disk) and checked those files, they were fine, so
I copied them to where they should go, but ahah! That's the problem they
lost the magic number using cp, BUT when I mv'd them (move) they were
ok...

now my kernel links, which is what matters, but that is pretty
wierd.. anyone come accross this kind of thing before?

-richard

-- 
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Systems Administrator (unpaid - gasp!) | Student, RMIT. Shostakovich Freak!!
Wesley College, Prahran Campus,        | Star Trek fanatic on the side.
mail: ram@lionet.wesley.OZ.AU  IRC: GA |
From: andrew@teslab.lab.oz.au (Andrew Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
Subject: Shutdown does not prevent logins
Date: 21 Jul 92 23:44:18 GMT
Organization: Technology Services, Chief Secretary's Dept, Sydney

We recently upgraded to Xenix 2.3.4.  Now shutdown does not stop
users logging in once it is run.  This means that if someone logs in
in the minute before the system is shutdown they will have no warning.

Thanks in advance for any help in solving this problem.
From: markus@rsvl.unisys.com (Mark Vallevand)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
Subject: Xenix 2.3.4GT SCSI tape hangs
Date: 30 Jul 92 14:52:14 GMT
Organization: Unisys - Roseville, MN

Using Xenix 2.3.4GT, Adaptec 1542b, and Archive 2150s we see tar,
dd, etc hangs if a bad tape is used, or the drive door is not closed.
The command hangs in the kernel (wait channel is Stp_compf) and is
immune to kill -9.  Is there a way to force the SCSI tape driver to
wakeup or give up?
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
From: bt757@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jeremy Bettis)
Subject: Re: printer port
Reply-To: bt757@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jeremy Bettis)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 00:33:59 GMT


In a previous article, me@amiganet.chi.il.us (Corey Sweeney) says:

>Hello I'm having a problem with the printer port.  if I try date > lp0 it says
>file creation error.  This happened all of a sudden and my print queue has
>backed up for the last 2 weeks.  Any ideas?
>

The two options that ought to work would be: date > /dev/lp0
		-or-			     date | lp

Since the first writes directly to the printer port and the other pipes to the
print spooler, lp.


-Jerbo
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bt757@cleveland.freenet.edu

"Those who stand in the middle of the road are often hit by passing cars."
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