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From: cklotz@nyx.cs.du.edu (Charissa Klotz)
Subject: PC X-Servers
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 93 22:32:08 GMT

>I am currently looking for a PC X-Server software.  Are there any
>articles on the comparison of the different types of PC X-Server like
>exCeed/W, DESQviewX and XVision?  What are some of the pitfalls to look
>out for in selecting a PC X-Server? I am also interested in the hardware
>configuration, whether a 8M RAM and a 1M video RAM is sufficient to run
>visualization of scientific data applications? Is a 17" monitor is
>pleasant enough to work with?   Any comments would be much appreciated.
>
>Regards
>
>Mr Tung, Kwong Yeong
>Analyst Programmer
>National University of SIngapore
>Computer Centre
>Internet: ccetky@nuscc.nus.sg

I like the product XoftWare from AGE Logic, Inc.  They have been written
up in PC Week, Computer Reseller News, Electronic Design, The X Journal, 
and Workstation News.  Unfortunatly, I don't know the exact dates on these
articles, nor do I have info on comparisions.  I have found XoftWare to be
easier to install than DescView X.  It uses Novell's PC-to-Unix connectivity
s/w so the X server s/w and TCP/IP s/w are installed at the same time.

Hope this helps.
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
From: pjw@wacher.oz.au (Peter Williams)
Subject: Backing up a system over a TCP/IP network 
Organization: Wachers Pty Ltd
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 07:26:24 GMT
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

G'Day,

Has anyone out there got a shell script or suggestion that will allow me to 
backup my SCO UNIX system using a tape drive on another machine with a TCP/IP 
connection.

I have thought about it and am looking for some suggestions.

Thanks in advance.
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
From: raph@panache.demon.co.uk (Raphael mankin)
Subject: Re: Impractical question about variables 
Distribution: world
Organization: Solvfield Ltd.
Reply-To: raph@panache.demon.co.uk
X-Mailer: Simple NEWS 1.90 (ka9q DIS 1.19)
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 23:24:07 +0000

In article <1993Jan9.131004.25965@cs.sandia.gov> jhgreen@cs.sandia.gov writes:

>
>With my understanding of the shell, I have come to the conclusion that this
>can not be done with in the boundaries of UNIX.  However, to be sure, I am
>asking the Net.
>
>What is involved in referencing a variable from another login?  For example,
>on terminal one, I type hello=world.  I run over to terminal two and want
>to know what $hello is.
>
>Is this possible?
>
No. Every process, and that includes every user, is a separate virtual machine.
Isolation of processes is a fundamental design feature of Unix.
--------------
Raphael Mankin			Nil taurus excretum
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
From: ccetky@nuscc.nus.sg (Tung Kwong Yeong)
Subject: PC X-Servers
Organization: National University of Singapore
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 08:57:54 GMT

I am currently looking for a PC X-Server software.  Are there any
articles on the comparison of the different types of PC X-Server like
exCeed/W, DESQviewX and XVision?  What are some of the pitfalls to look
out for in selecting a PC X-Server? I am also interested in the hardware
configuration, whether a 8M RAM and a 1M video RAM is sufficient to run
visualization of scientific data applications? Is a 17" monitor is
pleasant enough to work with?   Any comments would be much appreciated.

Regards

Mr Tung, Kwong Yeong
Analyst Programmer
National University of SIngapore
Computer Centre
Internet: ccetky@nuscc.nus.sg
 

Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
From: Jon Ross <jonr@ifi.uio.no>
Subject: Re: sed/awk guru's help wanted.
        GMT
Organization: University of Oslo, Norway
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 16:45:01 GMT
Originator: jonr@solva.ifi.uio.no

vi `grep -il poly *.f *.c`

Jon R.
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.misc
From: mlim@ibx.com (Mike Lim)
Subject: Lightweight processes...
Organization: Independence Blue Cross
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 18:05:43 GMT

What is a lightweight process, and where, why, and how would you use one?

Thanks.


Mike Lim
mlim@ibx.com
From: st1y2@elroy.uh.edu (Gray, William W.)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: exit and modems
Date: 4 Jan 1993 04:00 CST
Organization: University of Houston
NNTP-Posting-Host: elroy.uh.edu
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    

.
Summary:  
Date:  4 Jan 1993 03:51 CST  
Distribution: world

I am posting this for a friend who needs some help, what
we need to know is...

1) How can a .profile be written do the user is forced to
exit at the end of the file. We want to have a very controled enviroment, b
enviroment, but when we add exit at the end of the profile it does
not always exit?


2) In Interactive Unix V3.2.2 how can you allow modem dialup
by a standard PC. We have getty working from another UNIX
machine, but PCs can not dialin. They get a ba
blank crenn... SCREEN. ugh.. :)



Thanks

>>Here's a command to print all words in /usr/dict/words having 1, 2 or 3 "l"s:
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
From: Stefan Farestam <farestam@cerfacs.fr>
Subject: Process id -> process name
Organization: C.E.R.F.A.C.S., Toulouse, France
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 20:02:25 GMT

 Is there a *portable* way to get the name of a process
 from its process id, within a C-program and without
 resorting to the ps program? I suppose this means
 digging into kmem, and that is inherently non-portable,
 right?

 Thanks,
 Stefan Farestam

    .................................................................   
  .             Stefan Farestam    <farestam@cerfacs.fr>              .
 .   __ __  __ _  _ _                                                  .
 .  /  |_ )|_ /_\/ (          European Centre for Research and         .
  . \_ |__\| /   \__)     Advanced Training in Scientific Computing   .
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From: hsiegel@piano.prime.com (Howard Siegel x4064 14-1745)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: list servers?
Date: 11 Jan 93 15:15:41 GMT

I have been accustomed to receiving the INFO-UNIX and UNIX-WIZARDS
digest via Email.

Reception ceased several weeks ago.  When I tried resubscribing via
the list-server I had used before, I got the following (edited for
economy):

> From Mailer-Daemon@cvbnet.Prime.COM  Mon Dec 28 21:56:58 1992
> Date: 28 Dec 92 22:01:10 EST
> From: MAILER-DAEMON@Relay.Prime.COM (PDNmail version 2.4.x37)
> Subject: returned mail
> Message-Type: Return
>
> Mail addressed to "listserv@tcsvm.bitnet" could not be forwarded.
>
> no such host or domain: "tcsvm.bitnet"
>
> ------- Unsent message follows -------
>
> Date: Mon, 28 Dec 92 21:51:53 EST
> From: hsiegel@piano.Prime.COM (Howard Siegel x4064 4-1290)
> To: listserv@tcsvm.bitnet
> Subject: INFO-UNIX
>
> SUBSCRIBE I-UNIX 'Howard Siegel'

I've attempted asking this question in comp.unix.questions, but either
by question didn't get through or no-one bothered replying (most
likely the former).

Can anyone here give me the address of another list-server?  Private
Email would do admirably well.

Howard Siegel                   hsiegel@piano.prime.com
Computervision                  hsiegel@primerd.prime.com
Bedford, Mass.                  hsiegel%piano.prime.com@RELAY.CS.NET
(617) 275-1800 x4064            cvbnet!hsiegel@primerd.prime.com
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
From: shamel@mais.hydro.qc.ca (Stephane Hamel)
Subject: Looking for a graphical RCS or SCCS
Organization: Hydro-Quebec (DSB)
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 19:54:12 GMT

Both RCS (Revision Control System) and SCCS (Source Code Control System) do
similar things: managing "version" of source files. They both use a command
line interface wich sometime is hard to remember.

Is there any graphical (X, OpenWindows or anything) equivalent of those
utilities? Or any other "system" that would let me do the same kind of thing
but with a friendlier interface?

I'm using SunOS with OpenWindows but would be willing to port anything already
written for another GUI.

Otherwise, I may build something like XRCS...
--
 Stephane Hamel (SHamel@Mais.Hydro.Qc.Ca) | AutoControl Inc.
 Senior Programmer-Analyst                | Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
From: andy@homebase.vistachrome.com (Andy Finkenstadt)
Subject: Re: INTERNET finally!
Reply-To: andy@homebase.vistachrome.com
Organization: Vista-Chrome Incorporated
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 17:21:21 GMT

st1y2@elroy.uh.edu (Gray, William W.) writes:
>I finally have talked my boss into letting me 
>add INTERNET at work... now ta   THAT the
>hard work is done, where do I go from here?
>Also, any Interactive folks out there?

We run Interactive & SunOS here, plus a bazillion PC and Macintosh.
Get the file RFC1359 from your nearest FTP/RFC/Internet site.
It contains a checklist and recommendations for joining the
Internet.  Well worth reading and highly recommended.

-Andy

-- 
Andrew Finkenstadt, Vista-Chrome, Inc., Homes & Land Publishing Corporation
GEnie Unix RoundTable Manager, andy@vistachrome.com, andy@genie.geis.com.

"[The author] neither accidentally nor intentionally omits or includes 
anything that could support a preconceived thesis." - C&EN 21-DEC-92 p.72
From: yasu@ll.mit.edu (Alan Yasutovich)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: a simple question about rm
Date: 5 Jan 93 17:50:40 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: MIT Lincoln Laboratory

In article <C0DwyB.5Ht@news.cso.uiuc.edu> hpcg9070@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (H Prasad Cherukuri) writes:
>
>I have the following question about rm. 
>
>When using rm with the option -r to remove files in a directory recursively
>in interactive mode(I have an alias set up for rm so that I am prompted to 
>verify everytime I want to remove a file), I noticed that I am asked to
>verify twice to remove a directory.
>
>For example, suppose that I have an empty directory called "junk". So
>I enter at the prompt:
>
>	$rm -r junk
>	directory junk: ?(y/n) y
>	junk: ? (y/n) y
>	$
>
>My question is why does the machine ask me twice? I noticed that if I
>say yes to the first question and no to the second question, it doesn't
>do anything(it doesn't remove the directory junk).  
>
>I am asking this out of curioisity as I am not very familiar with
>computers. Pardon me if this is too dumb a question.
>
>
>harish
>
>harish@m.tam.uiuc.edu
>hpcg9070@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu


	Here's another one.  Why can root remove stuff if
	all permissions are off.  I did a test once to see if
	I could use this as a mask, and it failed.

-- 
	Alan Yasutovich
	"inquiring  (and nosey) minds WANT TO KNOW!!!"
	I can remember when "safe sex" meant having a padded headboard!!
	Tick Tock.....Tick Tock......Tick Tock .....Tick Tock......
Xref: sparky comp.unix.questions:15395 misc.invest:16079
From: devine@olympus.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Bob Devine)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,misc.invest
Subject: Re: net.views - dec and alpha
Date: 10 Jan 1993 23:52:15 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
NNTP-Posting-Host: olympus.cs.berkeley.edu
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3

bhoughto@sedona.intel.com (Blair P. Houghton) writes:
: I just heard something 
: about the collapse of a "microchip plant"
: 
: Was this DEC's new Alpha fab?
: How will production ramp-up be delayed by this event?

A concrete wall collapsed and hurt about 2 dozen workers.
The building was intended as a new chip factory that will
start producing them in a couple of years.  The construction
accident didn't hurt the existing building and their chip lines.

So, in short, no problem for Alpha.

Bob Devine
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
From: dean@unix1.realdec.com (Dean Banfield)
Subject: timed daemon questions
Organization: Real Decisions Corporation
Distribution: comp
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 03:13:31 GMT

Hi,

I am trying to support an Ethernet-wide time synchronizer, and our SCO UNIX
(3.2.2) offers 'timed' for this.  When fired up, with the tracing log
turned on, I notice that requests for the time generate 'LOOP' conditions
to IP address 127.0.0.1 rather than supplying the time back to the requestor.

My two examples are the Trumpet product (DOS-based newsreader), and the 
FTP software settime (?) module, which is part of its PC/TCP product.  It
is obvious that both of these products make contact with the timed daemon,
but they both coincidentally make the same calling error, or my timed program
is misconfigured.

In addition, what would it take for a Novell server to participate in a 
netwide time synch, which included the UNIX platform.  I'm aware that 
Novell offers its own time synch mechanism for DOS workstations.  Is there
any (inexpensive) way to have Novell synch with UNIX (TCP/IP)?  I can 'ping'
the Novell platform without buying anything beyond Netware 3.11.  Hoping
that time can be synched as cheaply.

Thanks for any info in advance.

Dean Banfield
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
From: john@skylinx.sa.com (John Vecchio)
Subject: loading software over NFS
Organization: Scientific Atlanta, Inc.
Distribution: us
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 16:29:26 GMT


 I want to load Windows NT from an HP-9000/700 cdrom to a pc using
 NFS, has anyone tried this? Any tips or suggestions would help.


 John Vecchio
 john@skylinx.sa.com
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
From: ktf@bc3.GUN.de (Klaus ter Fehn)
Subject: Re: Undelete
Organization: private
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 01:25:07 GMT

In article <6JAN199301064871@elroy.uh.edu> st1y2@elroy.uh.edu (Gray, William W.) writes:


>hehhehe, that was one of the first things I learned
>when I moved to UNIX. UNIX o   does not
>have an "undelete" command. But what you can do is write a script file simler to h this and call it del


>cp %1 /delete/%1
>rm %1
well, if using Bourne or Korn-Shell, I would prefer $1 instead of %1

>this should copy the file to /delete and then
>rm r  the file.  Once a week or so you go to /delete
>and carefuly type rm -r *, AND I MEAN CAREFULLY!

I'd prefer a crontab-entry in the night:

find /delete -type f -atime +7 -exec rm -f {} \;

that would delete any file beyond /delete, which was not accessed in the
last 7 days.

-- 
Klaus ter Fehn		<ktf@bc3.GUN.de>
Neanderstr. 4		{mcshh,smurf,unido}!easix!bc3!ktf
4000 Duesseldorf 1
FRG / Germany		Tel.: +49-211-676331
From: barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Funny mail !
Date: 7 Jan 1993 21:09:47 GMT
Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge MA, USA
NNTP-Posting-Host: telecaster.think.com

In article <1993Jan7.092343.20412@newsserver.rrzn.uni-hannover.de> zzsb@kursix.rrzn.uni-hannover.de (Wolfgang Sander-Beuermann) writes:
>>I went to /usr/spool/mail and created a file with one of my 
>>friends names (user-id).

>I would call this an administration fault of your machine: the spool
>directory of mail shouldn't be world writable; you should report it
>to your system manager.

Some mail systems require a world-writable mail spool directory, so that
mail readers (such as GNU Emacs RMAIL) can rename and/or delete mail spool
files.  The sticky bit is used to prevent someone from deleting another
user's file, but this doesn't prevent them from creating a file with
another user's name.
-- 
Barry Margolin
System Manager, Thinking Machines Corp.

barmar@think.com          {uunet,harvard}!think!barmar
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
From: zzsb@kursix.rrzn.uni-hannover.de (Wolfgang Sander-Beuermann)
Subject: Re: [Q] tar destination across multiple volumes
Organization: RRZN
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 12:37:31 GMT

>I have heard that tar might be able to store its output across volumes.

I've never heard about that.

>In my case I'm looking for a way to archive an entire partition to 
>a floppy device.  This floppy will obviously fill up long before the
>tar is done.  Is there a way to get tar to continue on the next installed
>floppy volume.  It seems there would be a bit of a problem with sync.

>Assistance would be appreciated.

I doubt there is a way with tar. Thats why many people prefer cpio.


Wolfgang Sander-Beuermann          zzsb@kursix.rrzn.uni-hannover.de

Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
From: hpcg9070@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (H Prasad Cherukuri)
Subject: a simple question about rm
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 14:15:45 GMT


I have the following question about rm. 

When using rm with the option -r to remove files in a directory recursively
in interactive mode(I have an alias set up for rm so that I am prompted to 
verify everytime I want to remove a file), I noticed that I am asked to
verify twice to remove a directory.

For example, suppose that I have an empty directory called "junk". So
I enter at the prompt:

	$rm -r junk
	directory junk: ?(y/n) y
	junk: ? (y/n) y
	$

My question is why does the machine ask me twice? I noticed that if I
say yes to the first question and no to the second question, it doesn't
do anything(it doesn't remove the directory junk).  

I am asking this out of curioisity as I am not very familiar with
computers. Pardon me if this is too dumb a question.


harish

harish@m.tam.uiuc.edu
hpcg9070@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
From: fcf@n1gva (F. C. Floberg)
Subject: Re: quest about tar
Organization: Evil Weather Machines LTD
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 14:04:24 GMT

xyzzy@imagen.com (Xyzzy) writes:
: I would like to know how to un-tar a .tar file that I FTP'ed.  My local 
: guru is not much help.  He'd rather do it himself for job security. :)
:   Thanks in advance,
: -- 
: My opinions do not necessarily reflect those of my employer.
: ..I'm not nearly as think as confused you am.
: xyzzy@imagen.com

	tar -xvf myarchive.tar

Fred
/* No one listens to my employer anyway */
-- 
Fred Floberg - N1GVA at Evil Weather Machines LTD.
email: ...!uunet!hsi!a3bee2!n1gva!fcf
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
From: jwwondra@socs.uts.edu.au (James Wondrasek)
Subject: Q:Good seed for drand?
Reply-To: jwwondra@socs.uts.edu.au
Organization: University of Technology, Sydney
Date:  8 Jan 93 05:55:54 GMT

Hey there!

I'm working on a little program and I am looking for some clock related
function that will return a long so I can use to seed a random number
generator if the user does not supply a seed.

I've read through the manual but didn't see anything I could use without
lots of shifting and && together to get a long. Any ideas anyone?


James Wondrasek 

jwwondra@socs.uts.edu.au
From: andrew@uel.co.uk (Andrew Josey)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: What is XPG/3
Date: 7 Jan 93 15:54:05 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: UNIX System Laboratories, Europe Ltd.

In article <1993Jan5.233427.25229@uunet!tellab5!odgate> mike@uunet!tellab5!odgate (Mike J. Kelly) writes:
>Can anyone briefly describe what XPG/3 is?  Is it simply a definition
>of a portable C library for Unix?

The volume for System Interfaces & Headers is basically as you describe
however there is more in XPG3 and much more in XPG4....
here's an extract from an FAQ on X/Open Testing that explains a
little bit on XPG3.
[to subscribe email xopen-testing-request@uel.co.uk]

The X/Open Common Applications Environment (CAE), as defined in the 
seven volumes that comprise XPG3, is an integrated set of interface 
specifications which provide a standard single environment for portable
application software. Portability is provided at the source code level.
Currently the seven volumes address the following:
Commands & Utilities (Vol.1), System Interfaces & Headers (Vol.2),
Supplementary Definitions (Vol.3) (Internationalization, Curses, Source Code
Transfer), Programming Languages (Vol.4), Data Management 
(Vol.5), Window Management (Vol.6), and Networking Services (Vol.7).
			---o---

What is the relationship between XPG3 and other standards such as POSIX.1-1988?

XPG3 is based upon a number of National and International standards.  
Where a conflict exists between a  National and International standard
and the XPG3, XPG3 defers to that standard.
Should any conflicts occur between these standards and XPG3,
a permanent waiver will be granted by X/Open.

The standards that XPG3 defers to are listed below:

	IEEE POSIX 1003.1-1988
	ANS X3.23-1985 COBOL (ISO 1989:1985)
	ISO 1539:1980 for FORTRAN
	ISO 8652:1987 for Ada
	ISO 7185:1983 for Pascal
From: barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: File manipulation question
Date: 7 Jan 1993 20:42:39 GMT
Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge MA, USA
NNTP-Posting-Host: telecaster.think.com

In article <1ig9lnINN2ol@news.umbc.edu> rouben@math9.math.umbc.edu (Rouben Rostamian) writes:
>In article <1993Jan7.010450.28001@crpmks.uucp> marcs@crpmks.uucp (Marc Snyder) writes:
>>AA1  01234 ....
>>    junk     junk   junk
>>        junk                    junk
>>C1K  98765 ....
>>                   junk          junk
>>COM  12121 ....
>> junk
>
>[ and you like to keep the non-junk lines.]
>
>Use sed, as in:

Or grep

>sed -n '/^[A-Z][A-Z][0-9]  [0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]/p' infile > outfile

That doesn't look right.  The "C1K" line doesn't match that regular
expression, for instance.  Try:

grep "^[A-Z0-9][A-Z0-9][A-Z0-9]  [0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]" infile > outfile


-- 
Barry Margolin
System Manager, Thinking Machines Corp.

barmar@think.com          {uunet,harvard}!think!barmar
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
From: mike@ulinf0.unil.ch (Michael Bloch)
Subject: X-Remote for HP
Organization: HEC, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 08:50:58 GMT

I am trying to find an X-Remote server for an HP9000/710 workstation.
X-Remote is a protocol designed by NCD to do X computing over dialup lines.
From what I've heard, it is now public domain. There are some implementations
of X-Remote for DEC and SUN but I could find none for HP.

Any idea ?

-- 
Michael Bloch                                     Internet : mike@ulinf0.unil.ch
University of Lausanne, Switzerland               

If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants - I. Newton
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
From: dfox@quack.sac.ca.us (David Fox)
Subject: Re: looking a utility to chdir without typing full path
Summary: use find(1) 
Organization: The Duck Pond public unix: +1 408 249 9630, log in as 'guest'.
Date: 12 Jan 1993 06:22:44 UTC

In article <NS14.93Jan10230841@crux2.crux2.cit.cornell.edu> ns14@crux2.crux2.cit.cornell.edu (Nathan Otto Siemers) writes:
> Stew> (Wei Jin Mai) writes:
>>
>>    I just switch to Unix from Dos. Is there a utility or shell that
>>let you change directory without typing full path? For example: chdir
>>abc changes working directory to /usr/local/src/abc .  --
>
>
>	Any programmer who sees this will hate it.
>
>	I am an organic chemist.
>
>	This csh script creates aliases in a file .alias.dirs  where
>any directory can be cd'd to by typing it's name.
>
>	I cron it once a day, it has worked on hpux and ultrix.

An interesting solution, to be sure, but I think wasteful of disk resources.

I've never done this in unix, but the approach I would take (and it would
somewhat mirror the way I've done it with 4DOS (dos command.com replacement)
aliases) would be to use find(1) to find every file in the system that's a
directory, and save it to a file.  This find command would be run either
as a cron job or as part of /etc/rc.

You'd also have an alias for cd that would grep the directory file, and
execute the first line that contained the pattern for the directory you
wanted to change to.


>/  | / /__|  /  /---/ /__| /  | /    nathan@chemres.tn.cornell.edu
--
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