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From: jdell@maggie.mit.edu (John Ellithorpe)
Subject: Re: Is there a strtof() function (str to float)?
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 1992 00:02:03 GMT

On Fri, 31 Jul 1992 20:13:13 GMT, rupen@falcon.ssc.gov (Rupen Sheth) said:
> Originator: rupen@falcon
> Nntp-Posting-Host: falcon.ssc.gov

> Hi:
>     Env: Sun Sparc.

>     In trying to convert a string to a floating number, I don't always
>     get the exact value.

>     For example:
>     float value;
>     char  str[10];      /* Say, str = "+0.02" */

>     sscanf(str, "%g", &value);
>     OR
>     sscanf(str, "%f", &value);

>     value is 0.0199999995529651642

>     Is there a strtof() function that can convert a string to a float?
>     If not, is there another way I can convert a string %f or %g to a
>     float without these rounding errors?
>     I am sure there is a way around this that I am not aware of.

>     Please help !!!
>     Respond by email to the address below.
> Thank you.
> ---
> Rupen Sheth
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Well, I think one of your key problems is that the value you are printing out
has far more significant figures than is real.  For floats, you only have
6 or 7 significant digits, which would then give you 0.02.  I would suggest 
using doubles.  I tried this on my SPARC and it seemed to work fine anyway
I did it, always giving me exactly 0.02.  Sorry I couldn't be more help.

John
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.windows.ms
From: michaelv@iastate.edu (Michael L. VanLoon)
Subject: Re: NT vs. UNIX
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 16:07:59 GMT

In <YeNlkQ600Uh7E4fGcm@andrew.cmu.edu> Sean McLinden <sean+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:

>>>The biggest criticism of Microsoft WindowsTM (I certainly wish that they
>>>had not been allowed to call the software simply "Windows") is that it
>>>provides justification, in fact market demand, for systems which utilize
>>>VGA graphics.
>> 
>>Who said you have to use VGA?  Windows ships with drivers for 8514/A
>>(made by ATI, Western Digital, and IBM) and XGA, and the S3-based boards 
>>(from Diamond, STB, etc) and TIGA-based (NEC, Hercules, etc) boards come with
>>windows drivers. 

>I have two of the above architectures and I don't find the 1024x768 mode
>on either to be particularly attractive compared to a true X terminal or
>workstation. 800x600 mode is a joke. Localbus video may make things faster,
>but a faster VW bug is still a bug.

On the contrary, I run an ATI 8514/Ultra in my machine, and the
performance is nothing short of extrordinary--video is _extremely_ fast.
Your proverbial bug, I think, is not in the hardware, it's the software.
(Though I'd trade my hardware for a true RISC workstation any day ;)
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From: bob@snuffy.dracut.ma.us (Bob Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: How to increase transfer speed in Kermit
Date: 28 Jul 92 02:21:21 GMT
Organization: Somewhere in Dracut Mass
Originator: news@dracut

ccyang@oregon.uoregon.edu (Chun-Ching Yang) writes:

>I just bought a 14,400 Modem. However, after trying to download the data from
>the VAX in the university, I found the download speed from the mainframe to my
>Mac was slow. The transfering speed was about 560 byts in each  TWO seconds. If
>the high speed modem worked fine, then the transfer speed should be about
>1,440  in ONE second. (Is that right?)
>I have check the VAX and the modem there is 14,400. I don't expect that the
>speed can  reach 1440 in a second but the speed I got was so slow. How come?

>Can anyone help me solve this problem?

The problem is kermit.  I'm not versed in the specifics of the problem,
but something to do with kermits smallish packet size.  I vaguely remember
someone trying to set a larger packet size with some success, but not all
kermits allow that...  My suggestion would be to use something else...
if it's available...

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From: barker@enel.ucalgary.ca (Scott Barker)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: help with setting up a unix system
Date: 23 Jul 1992 12:38:58 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

Well, someone pointed out the FAQs in news.answers to me, and hey! There was
most of what I wanted to know. I think maybe those FAQs should be posted to
the comp.unix.* groups a little more often, so that people like me can read
them and not disturb everyone else. I can post them myself, if people would
like...

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From: gmribeir@david.wheaton.edu
Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc
Date: 15 Jul 92 04:16 MDT
Subject: Re: Unix Roots of DOS?
Nf-ID: #R:1992Jul13.111139.62@news.uwyo.ed:-208816188:1992Jul15.001633.6624@wheaton.wh:346656428:001:1144
Nf-From: david.wheaton.edu!gmribeir    Jul 15 04:16:00 1992


In article <aldavi01.711070028@starbase.spd.louisville.edu> aldavi01@rigel.spd.louisville.edu (Arlie Davis) writes:
>In <1992Jul13.213002.7203@enea.se> lebo@enea.se (Lennart Boss`r) writes:
>
>> I also vaguely remember that the DOS 2.0 manual from Microsoft
>> said something about DOS history. There were environment settings for
>> using "/" instead of "\" for pathname separators and "-" instead of
>> "/" for options. Kept that manual for sentimental reasons but have
>> thrown it away recently.
>
>There is a semi-documented DOS call that allows you to set the switch
>character.  Borland C/C++ calls it "setswitchar", and it is in <dos.h>.
>
>I believe all of the commands internal to the DOS COMMAND.COM shell
>_will_ correctly interpret things if you change the switch character.
>And, surprise surprise!  DOS starts printing paths with *forward* slashes.
>(It has, however, always accepted them, switch character or no.)
>

Yes, it was too good to be left alone, so Microsoft eliminated
this function from DOS 5. Nice guys...

						Glauber
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From: barker@enel.ucalgary.ca (Scott Barker)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: help with setting up a unix system
Date: 21 Jul 1992 16:40:04 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

When I said that I wanted to be able to run openwindows, I meant the
equivalent of openwindows on the PC. ie. whatever Xwindows is called on the
PC.

Just thought I would mention that to clear any ambiguities up.

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Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.xenix.sco,comp.unix.programmer
From: goldsman@cc.gatech.edu (Michael G. Goldsman)
Subject: Semaphore initialization?
Reply-To: goldsman@cc.gatech.edu
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology, College of Computing
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 20:37:01 GMT


Are semaphores (and also shared memory segments)
always initiallized to  0 (zero) when they are created with 
the    semget    procedure?


It LOOKS that way,. but I just want to be sure.. and I can't find
the info in any manuals...

Please e-mail me, as I don't read these groups regularly..

-Mike


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From: rupen@falcon.ssc.gov (Rupen Sheth)
Subject: Is there a strtof() function (str to float)?
Originator: rupen@falcon
Organization: Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory, Dallas
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 20:13:13 GMT

Hi:
    Env: Sun Sparc.

    In trying to convert a string to a floating number, I don't always
    get the exact value.

    For example:
    float value;
    char  str[10];      /* Say, str = "+0.02" */

    sscanf(str, "%g", &value);
    OR
    sscanf(str, "%f", &value);

    value is 0.0199999995529651642

    Is there a strtof() function that can convert a string to a float?
    If not, is there another way I can convert a string %f or %g to a
    float without these rounding errors?

    I am sure there is a way around this that I am not aware of.
    Please help !!!
    Respond by email to the address below.

Thank you.
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc
From: boyd@prl.dec.com (Boyd Roberts)
Subject: Re: What are Simpler Source and System
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation - Paris Research Laboratory
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 09:42:04 GMT

In article <1992Jul17.144636.1@wharton.upenn>, lin@wharton.upenn.edu writes:
> This morning my boss walked in my office and asked: "What are Simple Source
> and System Builder?"

V7 and make(1) respectively :-)


Boyd Roberts			boyd@prl.dec.com

``When the going gets wierd, the weird turn pro...''
From: sean+@andrew.cmu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc
Date: 18 Jul 92 09:55 MDT
Subject: Re: NT vs. UNIX
Nf-ID: #N:YeNlkQ600Uh7E4fGcm@andrew.cmu.ed:-1649286038:001:746
Nf-From: andrew.cmu.edu!sean+    Jul 18 09:55:00 1992


>>The biggest criticism of Microsoft WindowsTM (I certainly wish that they
>>had not been allowed to call the software simply "Windows") is that it
>>provides justification, in fact market demand, for systems which utilize
>>VGA graphics.
> 
>Who said you have to use VGA?  Windows ships with drivers for 8514/A
>(made by ATI, Western Digital, and IBM) and XGA, and the S3-based boards 
>(from Diamond, STB, etc) and TIGA-based (NEC, Hercules, etc) boards come with
>windows drivers. 

I have two of the above architectures and I don't find the 1024x768 mode
on either to be particularly attractive compared to a true X terminal or
workstation. 800x600 mode is a joke. Localbus video may make things faster,
but a faster VW bug is still a bug.



Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc
From: chrism@vicstoy.UUCP (Chris Matthews)
Subject: xenix-unix filesystem migration-data only-
Organization: vicstoy: Public Access Unix, Orlando, FL
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 00:31:27 GMT

HELP!
I need to migrate an entire xenix filesystem to a clean unix box.
After doing several cpio and tar cmd's, the entire xenix box locks
up..and locks hard!
I must migrate all data to a unix box with a working tape unit.
my question:
can i cpio thru cu or must i uucp all files with appropriate cmd's.
i know lan - lan tape 'ware is out there but i'd rather see if i
can hack it with some local cmd's.  
has anyone done this before?
please e-mail me.

chrism
chrism!vicstoy

Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc
From: hc05@rexago8.uucp (Beirne Konarski)
Subject: TPC Benchmark Info
Summary: I am looking for an article on the TPC benchmark.
Keywords: TPC benchmark
Organization: Summit Information Systems
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 15:34:22 GMT

Somewhere within the last few months I saw an article in UNIX Review or
Open Systems Today describing the TPC A and B benchmarks.  I didn't have
time to read it properly and now I can't find it.  If anyone happens to
remember the article and knows in which issue of which magazine it is it
would help me a lot if you could me know where it is.  Thanks much.
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.xenix.sco,comp.unix.programmer,comp.unix.questions
From: dominic@scooter.genie.uottawa.ca (Dominic Richens)
Subject: Re: Question about Attaching to Shared Memory Segs--shmat
Originator: dominic@
Reply-To: dominic@shamin.genie.uottawa.ca
Organization: MCRLab - University of Ottawa
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 21:00:07 GMT


In article <1992Jul23.171524.18330@cc.gatech.edu>, goldsman@cc.gatech.edu (Michael G. Goldsman) writes:
! I was wondering if the system imposed limit of the max
! # of shared memory segments a process may attach at one
! time, may be changed at all...

yes, it is a kernel parameter.
 
! I am running SCO Open Desktop on a 486, and

then, login as root, cd /etc/conf/cf.d and run ./configure, pick category 9
and change the value of SHMSEG to however many you need (default is 6 per
process).  When you exit, ./link_unix

enjoy!

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From: goldsman@cc.gatech.edu (Michael G. Goldsman)
Subject: Question about Attaching to Shared Memory Segs--shmat
Reply-To: goldsman@cc.gatech.edu
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology, College of Computing
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 17:15:24 GMT

I was wondering if the system imposed limit of the max
# of shared memory segments a process may attach at one
time, may be changed at all...


I am running SCO Open Desktop on a 486, and
am using the operations: shmget, shmctl, shmat etc...
from the shm library.


In shm.h, I noticed this stucture:


struct  shminfo {
        int     shmmax,         /* max shared memory segment size */
                shmmin,         /* min shared memory segment size */
                shmmni,         /* # of shared memory identifiers */
                shmseg,         /* max attached shared memory     */
                                /* segments per process           */
                shmall;         /* max total shared memory system */
                                /* wide (in clicks)               */
};



I would just love to be able to access shmseg and up the number
by a few....   Am I out of luck?
Who uses this structure? I can seem to find a ref to it anywhere...


-Mike
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From: guy@Auspex.COM (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: curses *sigh* Sparc, SunOS 4.1.1
Date: 30 Jul 92 21:28:40 GMT
Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara

>Since we wanted to use curses, we tried... and failed. The manpage
>says that in curses.h are the defines for ACS_HLINE and ACS_VLINE,
>but there really aren't any of that defines.
>
>Any help?

Yup.  Try using the right version of "curses". :-)

SunOS 4.x has both the BSD and the SV (SVR3.1, to be specific) "curses".
This occasionally causes some confusion, as the SV "curses" has a lot
more stuff in it than the BSD "curses", and people may try doing things
that expect the SV "curses" stuff, but not realize that they have to
build with the SV "curses" to get that stuff.

If you compile with "/usr/5bin/cc", rather than "/usr/bin/cc" - or if
you compile with some other C compiler, and use "-I/usr/5include" and
"-L/usr/5lib" flags - you should get the SV "curses".  You should also
get other SV-compatibility stuff, so if you're expecting BSDish
semantics for calls, don't.

Unfortunately, it appears somebody at Sun screwed up, because in both a
SunOS 4.0.3 machine here and a SunOS 4.1.1 machine here, there aren't
both BSD and SV "curses" *man pages*; that probably contributes quite a
bit to the confusion, as if you do "man curses", or even "man 3x
curses", you get the SV "curses" man page.
From: ron@bwunltd.wciu.edu (Ronald Becker Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc
Distribution: world
Subject: Need PDP 11/70 UNIX!
Keywords: unix,pdp
Organization: Becker Williams UnLtd
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 92 00:33:32 +0100

We're looking for unix to run on our old pdp's.  Where
to find such a beast?  Thanx in advance and please
reply via e-mail.

Ron Williams

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From: gcusanza@polyslo.csc.calpoly.edu (Gregory M. Cusanza)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.programmer
Subject: LWP blocking on I/O
Summary: How do you prevent I/O from blocking threads with SunOS?
Keywords: RPC,LWP,threads
Date: 28 Jul 92 16:11:10 GMT
Article-I.D.: rat.1992Jul28.161110.9919
Distribution: na
Organization: Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, ARDFA

Our software group is currently developing software for the California 
Department of Transportation.  The software needs to use Remote Procedure 
Calls (RPC) within multiple Lightweight Processes (threads).

We are using SunOS and its kernal doesn't allow non-blocking I/O 
within threads.  In order to get around this we have to use the 
non-blocking I/O library (libnbio.a) to prevent the RPC's from blocking.  
The problem is that the threads will hang.  It appears that the RPC's are 
still blocking.  Has anyone else had this or0a similar problem?  If you 
have a solution or some insight, please email the address below.  We would 
appreciate any responses.

Greg Cusanza
gcusanza@autobahn.ardfa.calpoly.edu
Applied Research and Development, Cal Poly
From: perl@dwrsun4.UUCP (Robert Perlberg)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: How to find the size of space being occupied in 1/4" cartridge tape?
Date: 17 Jul 92 19:26:56 GMT
Organization: Dean Witter Reynolds Inc., New York

In article <1992Jul10.065509.1197@mdd.comm.mot.com>, to@mdd.comm.mot.com (Ricky To) writes:
> I am trying to write a C program to find the size of space currently
> being occupied by files in a 1/4" cartridge tape. ...

> Unfortunately, this code does not work.  The reason is that fscanf()
> is not able to catch the error message.  Could anybody suggest any
> workarounds for this problem, or even another technique to find the
> size of the space?  Thanks in advance.

Well, to catch the error messages use the "2>&1" shell operator, thus:

	fd = popen ("tar tvf /dev/nrst0 2>&1", "r");

This merges stderr with stdout.

Unless I'm missing something, couldn't you do this more easily with
something like this?:

	dd if=/dev/nrst0 bs=126b | wc -c

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Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.programmer,comp.unix.questions
From: wnkretz@ikesg1.energietechnik.uni-stuttgart.de (Oliver Kretzschmar)
Subject: How can I measure CPU-time and Network traffic time ?
Organization: IKE
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 07:56:34 GMT



   Hey,

   who can tell me, how I can measure the CPU time of a program
   or a routine inside a program. Exists there any other possibilities
   as with time ? Does anybody know, how I can measure network
   transfer time and other datas of network traffic in distributed
   programsystems developed with SUN RPC's on SGI ? Please mail me
   your informations !

   Thanks for your efforts,

      Oliver
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From: bhoughto@sedona.intel.com (Blair P. Houghton)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: About the 'F' in RTFM
Date: 28 Jul 92 16:12:03 GMT
Organization: Intel Corp., Chandler, Arizona

In article <5963@npri6.npri.com> murphy@npri6.npri.com (David P. Murphy) writes:
>>mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
>>At which point, of course, you reach up, pull down the appropriate 
>>manual, open it up, drop it in front of them and point.  They then
>>say, "Oh," and walk away looking sheeplike.
 
>close, fred, but no cigar.  assuming for the sake of argument
>that the information really _is_ in the manual, then the novice
>says "Oh.  dammit, why isn't there an INDEX in this manual??"

RTFM apropos(1), grep(1), and man(1).

Except on AIX machines, where the <expletive completed> at
IBM have decreed that HIDING the information in a bozonic,
underpowered DBMS is somehow BETTER than having it out
where people can FIND it.

				--Blair
				  "One has an obligation."
From: a866700@hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk (Wong Siu To)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc
Subject: Nmap
Date: 28 Jul 92 01:25:24 GMT
Organization: The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Hi all,

Would anyone pls tell me about nmap and the relationship between nqs and
it ?

Thanks in advnace !

Regards,

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Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc
From: m23364@mwunix (James Meritt)
Subject: text filter
Organization: Mitre Corporation, McLean VA
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 16:28:07 GMT


Is there a filter already made that could be used on an ASCII file to
strip out the various special characters used by more and such
i.e. the underline, bold,....  so I can get just the text?  I want to
import the file to a VERY dissimilar system that eats the underlines.


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