HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: cron not finding script
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 17:29:17 GMT
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology

In article <92315.102834IETAM@ASUACAD.BITNET> Thom Anthony McCarty <IETAM@ASUACAD.BITNET> writes:
>30 8    1-31 *  1-5     '/usr/lib/newsbin/input/newsrunning off'
> ...
>Your "cron" job
>
>    '/usr/lib/newsbin/input/newsrunning off'
>
>produced the following output:
>
>sh: /usr/lib/newsbin/input/newsrunning off: not found

Get rid of the quotes.  The shell is looking for a command named
"/usr/lib/newsbin/input/newsrunning off", and there is no such command.
There is a command "/usr/lib/newsbin/input/newsrunning", but that's not
what your cron is looking for, because those quotes make the command all
one word.
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Xref: sparky comp.unix.questions:13375 comp.lang.c:16471
From: nto0302@dsacg4.dsac.dla.mil (Bob Fisher)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.lang.c
Subject: Emulation of POSIX functions
Date: 12 Nov 92 17:00:23 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Defense Logistics Agency Systems Automation Center, Columbus


My boss wants me to port pcnfsd to archaic BSD_4.3 systems (Gould 9050
and NP1) and a SVR_3.2 (AT&T 3b2G) system.  I've come up against these
function calls that are not defined on my BSD systems (haven't looked
at SystemV yet).

	sigaction()
	sigemptyset()
	svc_fdset()
	setsid()
	clnt_create()
	clnt_pcreateerror()

There is much about signals that I don't know and I have never programmed
client/server.  If I to try to reinvent the wheel, it would probably have
a flat tire.  I'd use archie, but I'm not sure what to ask for and how to
limit the search.

Can someone provide C code to emulate these functions or point me to a
system where I can get it via anonymous ftp?

Any assistance will be appreciated.

Bob
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From: jhgreen@cs.sandia.gov (Jethro H. Greene)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: groups
Date: 12 Nov 92 02:49:32 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.1992Nov12.024932.1725
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM
Originator: jhgreen@cs.sandia.gov

Where are the names of groups defined?  I couldn't find a field in /etc/passwd.
Also, what is a root group?  What priviledges does it have?

Finally, on another note, would someone tell me my options for "Followup-To:"?

Thanks in advance,

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Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
From: ray@Celestial.COM (Ray Jones)
Subject: Re: 2nd time: How to remove files?
Organization: Celestial Software, Mercer Island, WA
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 17:09:01 GMT
Keywords: remove, unix, corefiles

In <Nov.11.13.41.20.1992.909@skynyrd.rutgers.edu> puchalek@skynyrd.rutgers.edu (michael) writes:


>	I posted this article in comp.unix.questions with a narrow
>distribution, so I am reposting with a wider range. If you see it
>twice, sorry.

>I keep getting files added to my working directory such as 'xerrors'
>and '.nfs***'. If I put a line in my .login that says 'rm xerrors', a
>'xerrors:no such file' message appears every time I log in. If I leave
>the 'rm xerrors' line out of my .login, the 'xerrors' file starts to
>show up in my root directory.

Looks like the 'xerrors:no such file' message is generated whenever
there is NO "xerrors" file to remove and is silent when it actually
removes the file.  Use:
rm -f xerrors
and rm will remove the file if it exists, and keep quite if it does
not.
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
From: twpierce@unix.amherst.edu (Tim Pierce)
Subject: Re: Erasing words with less than n letters 
Organization: Homosexual Fascist Lobby, Rampant Paranoia Division
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 07:06:01 GMT

In article <1992Nov4.180618.9183@inesc.pt> jota@iguana.inesc.pt writes:

>	Is there a way of erasing the words with less than n letters
>using unix ? sed ? awk ? The words (in a dictionary) are sorted and
>one per line.

Unless I'm missing something big, you could do

     grep ....... filename

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Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
From: ian@eonsw.demon.co.uk (Ian Leonard)
Subject: Re: IS UNIX DEAD?
Organization: EON Software, Oxford, UK
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 21:02:21 GMT

In article <1992Nov10.212013.6590@avernus.com> mgfrank@avernus.com (Marc G. Frank) writes:
>In article <BxGu2H.A62@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> papresco@napier.uwaterloo.ca (Paul Prescod) writes:
>
>>Why don't Unix "tools" have a convention about help and exit keys AT THE
>>VERY LEAST.  

Like the F1 = Help and F10 = Exit (with the exception of Wordperfect)?
Probably because it's a stupid convention. Can somebody tell me why,
when IBM were searching for the ultimate user friendly keyboard, didn't
they put a HELP key on it. Why does it have an ESC key? To confuse poor
DOS programmers when they try to port to Unix? Why did someone pick
one of the handiest keys (F1) and use it for one of the most least
used functions (HELP) while burying the EXIT key (F10)? Have you ever
seen a genuine VT100 keyboard? It'll put you off function keys for life.

Unix tools predate the AT keyboard. Many old keyboards didn't have 
function keys. 

-- 
Ian

Ian Leonard                        ian@eonsw.demon.co.uk
EON Software                       +44 (0)865 741452
From: johnw@johnwuu.canb.auug.org.au (John Wright)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: net.views - mainframe programmers in an open systems 
Distribution: world
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 92 14:39:07 GMT
Organization: Computer Sciences of Australia
Reply-To: johnw@canb.auug.org.au


In article <1992Nov4.173720.22157@tandem.com> nelson_don@comm.tandem.com writes:

 [... stuff deleted ...]

 > all that does is demonstrate your ignorance of the real world).  A COBOL 
 > programmer is a COBOL programmer.  The platform makes little difference.
 > 
True, but a problem I have noticed is when a COBOL (or non-relational DBMS)
trained person moves to programming in a relational database environment.

The mindset seems to get in the way, and the transition is difficult, if not
impossible for the person to make.

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From: rahardj@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Budi Rahardjo)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: IS UNIX DEAD? (long)
Date: 10 Nov 92 02:35:56 GMT
Article-I.D.: ccu.BxHB7x.FKq
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser) writes:

>rahardj@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Budi Rahardjo) writes:

>>Why is that more intuitive than 'ls' ? I have to learn CAT ,D2 ...
>>Why is that important to have DIR. You can setup 'dir' as an alias for 'ls'.
>>ls -l is not as difficult as  DIR /W

>Not *because* it is ls, but because most people know DIR and don't know ls. 

I am not so sure about that. If s/he knows about DIR then it's easier
to teach her/him to remember ls. I taught some people with DOS
background to use UNIX, in around 3 hours. They can edit a file (with 'pico',
don't bother teaching vi :-), use elm, print a file, do ftp, hytelnet, gopher,
(and some even try nn :-) and use X Window (Open Windows).

-- budi
-- 
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Unix Support - Computer Services - University of Manitoba
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
From: swispl@solomon.technet.sg (SW International)
Subject: grammer checker
Organization: TECHNET, Singapore
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 17:00:33 GMT

looking for a grammer checker to complement spell (preferably free!).
using SVR4.
- bkheng@swispl
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From: kilroy@ms.uky.edu (Paul S. Kilroy)
Subject: /etc/printcap questions
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 19:53:53 GMT
Organization: Big, Dangerous Ideas, Inc.

Hi all,

	I have a few questions about /etc/printcap, they are basic
    but please answer them :). What I want to kow is..


	1. What programs use this file.

	2. Are any of the above programs freely distributable
	  if so, know a good place?

	3. My printcap looks like this:


	laser|lp|Canon LBP4|my laser printer:\
	        :lp=/dev/ttya:sd=/usr/spool/lpd:lf=/dev/console:sh:1:\
	        :br#9600:ms=cs8,-onlcr,ixon,decctlq,-parity:mx#10000:
		
   	what are /dev/ttya, /dev/console, /usr/spool/lpd
   	supposed to be set up for??
	
	I dont have a /usr/spool/lpd file, what should it be?

thanks very much

paul
        
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                       -Paul   (kilroy@ms.uky.edu)
From: blymn@awadi.com.au (Brett Lymn)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Does anyone have any good insulting acronyms for VMS?
Date: 11 Nov 92 17:30:08
Organization: AWA Defence Industries
	<mark.721118962@coombs>
NNTP-Posting-Host: coolibah.awadi.com.au
In-reply-to: mark@coombs.anu.edu.au's message of 7 Nov 92 06:49:22 GMT

>>>>> On 7 Nov 92 06:49:22 GMT, mark@coombs.anu.edu.au (Mark) said:
Mark> NNTP-Posting-Host: 150.203.76.2
Mark> Organisation: Wassat?!

Mark> haley@husc11.harvard.edu (Elizabeth Haley) writes:

>Verifiablely Maniacal System
>Viciously Mangled System
>Vogon Made System
>Vacuous; moreover, stupid.
>Vaxes mostly Suck.

Mark> Said with a european accent:
Mark> Ve Make Shit

Mark> Vulgar Madman Society
Mark> Virgin Mind Screwer
Mark> Valium Mandatory System
Mark> Viscuous Menstral Slop
Mark> Violent Miscarriage Starter
Mark> Viable Monday Symbol
Mark> Very Moronic Setup

My favourite (from someone in GNU I think):

Vomit Making System


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Brett Lymn
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
From: rahardj@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Budi Rahardjo)
Subject: NT ? (was Re: IS UNIX DEAD?)
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 14:58:41 GMT

peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser) writes:

>rahardj@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Budi Rahardjo) writes:

>>Where can I get NT, now ? 

>Ask MS. I believe it is sold right now. Probably to developers. Not that I
>care.

Can a Joe User buy and use NT now ? What kind of application does it have ?

-- budi
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Unix Support - Computer Services - University of Manitoba
From: peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: IS UNIX DEAD?
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 00:17:08 GMT
Organization: Global Village 1

twpierce@unix.amherst.edu (Tim Pierce) writes:

>>Ok. Pretend that I'm Joe User and I go to a shop. I leave the shop with a UNIX
>>tape. Now how do I install this tape without expertise? (s/tape/cd/g if you
>>want). Installing UNIX is simple? Forget it!
>Plug in the SLS disks for Linux and answer the pretty questions.

I did. Have you ever taught a novice how to partition a harddisk??? How to
make a file system then?

>Next?

>>>	Unix is time tested. Newcomers like NT and OS/2 are still too
>>>	buggy to be really useful for the general audience. It'll take
>>>	some years to sort it out.
>>
>>Probably, but does that stop people?

>Not to begin with.  When it becomes apparent, though, that there is an
>alternative to their buggy, problematic platforms, they might begin to
>choose otherwise.

You don't mean to imply that UNIX is a real alternative at this moment, do you?

Greetings,
Peter "Have you tried to teach your sister vi? I did... :-(" Busser

Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
From: gaumondp@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Gaumond Pierre)
Subject: Re: Help with generating random numbers
Organization: Universite de Montreal
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 21:20:09 GMT

In article <1992Nov12.211023.8188@cc.umontreal.ca> gaumondp@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Gaumond Pierre) writes:
>In article <1992Nov12.041243.5542@desire.wright.edu> nseth@desire.wright.edu writes:
>>I need help with generating random numbers. If I use the normail C routines
>>on UNIX for generating random numbers (random, rand, etc.) everytime the
>>program is executed, the sequence of random numers remains the same. 
>>
>>How can I fix this so that each time I execute that program, the initial (and
>>thus the following sequence of) random numbers is different? On Turbo C the
>>subroutine randomize() takes care of this. Is there such a routine available on
>>UNIX/ULTRIX?
>>
>>Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot.
>
>	Usually rand function has an initializer function (srand
>	on my system).
>
>	use time(2) as the seed for srand (strip most significant
>	bits).
>
>	For example:
>		time(&seed);
>		seed = seed % 100000;
>		srand(seed);
>
>	If you have a time function giving millisecond or mocro seconds. It
>	will be better. Usually, my code is suppicient.
>
>>Nitin Seth
>>nseth@cs.wright.edu
>>
>
>
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>Services Informatiques, Universite de Montreal. 
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.shell
From: Big.Fun@debug.cuc.ab.ca
Subject: HELP!!! MAJOR DILEMMA!
Reply-To: Big.Fun@debug.cuc.ab.ca ()
Organization: The Magic BBS (Debug Computer Services)
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 92 00:53:58 GMT
Keywords: 
 
 

I have a major problem.  I was doing some programming on this application
in Unix.  When I logged out Wednesday night, that was the last time I was
inside the Unix Shell.  It won't let me log in anymore, as root or any
other of the accounts on the system.
 
So, I booted up the install disk for Unix.  I wanted to use the ua
program, that I knew I could access from there.  But it wouldn't allow me
to use it, it said something like bad grp id.  
 
Help!!!!  Emergency.. if you think you may know the problem let me know.
 
big.fun@Debug.cuc.ab.ca
 Thanks in advance
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
From: pen@lysator.liu.se (Peter Eriksson)
Subject: Re: IS UNIX DEAD? (long)
Organization: Lysator Academic Computer Society, Linkoping University, Sweden
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 11:49:35 GMT

peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser) writes:

>twpierce@unix.amherst.edu (Tim Pierce) writes:

>>  I've heard of Linux
>>operating in 2MB, and I believe Minix will work in 1.  You can't say
>>ANY of that about your sacred cow, er, NT.

>You can't run Linux, X and a GUI in 2M RAM. Compare apples to apples.

But one can run Linux, X and a GUI in 4MB of RAM without any problems
(we do it). Of course it would be even faster with 8MB RAM of RAM, but
it is usable....

/Peter


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From: ianmcd@icsbelf.co.uk (Ian McDevitt)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: How to handle data from stdin in a sh script
Date: 6 Nov 92 13:57:15 GMT
Organization: ICS Computing Group Ltd., Belfast
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

Klaus Wicovsky (klaus@helsinkiesf.de) wrote:
(> 
(> Here is the problem: I would like to pipe data into a sh script and still be able to interact with the sh script (ask questions to the user). 
...
(> Any ideas?
(> 

Try this, I can't guarantee it'll work on every system
but I believe /dev/tty is fairly standard.

prog.sh:
	read stdin1
	echo "Standard input is $stdin1"

	echo  -n "Please confirm:"
	read conf < /dev/tty

	read stdin2
	echo "Next line of standard input is $stdin2"

I'll leave it up to you to get the piped input bits correct.
Typing 'ls |prog.sh' seemed to work ok for me.
Good luck!
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                 ianmcd@icsbelf.co.uk
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
From: root@trebor.uucp (Bob Stockler)
Subject: Re: Date math
Organization: Bob Stockler
Distribution: comp.unix.shell
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1992 22:01:08 GMT
Keywords: date math shell utility

legend@cheshire.oxy.edu (Linda A. Malcor) writes:

>Simple question: Is there a simple utility to tell me what tomorrow is?
>I want something like "date" which allows me all the formating in the
>world and a simple +1 day/week/month type of math.

This little Bourne Shell script fragment will print tomorrow's date for
you in whatever format you give to the "date" command in its 4th line:

  GMTDIFF=`expr $TZ : '...\(.*\)...'`
  TOMORROW=`expr $GMTDIFF - 24`
  ifs=$IFS; IFS=$GMTDIFF; set $TZ; IFS=$ifs
  DATE=`TZ=$1$TOMORROW$2 date +%D`
  echo $DATE

This assumes your environmental parameter TZ is in the same format as
mine: "EST5EDT".  (I got the idea for this from Jean-Pierre Radley.)

BTW, have you ever executed (in the Bourne Shell):

  ALPHA="A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z"
  alpha="a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z"
  for a in $ALPHA $alpha
  do echo "$a - `date +%$a`"
  done | more

to see if your "date" command supports more conversions than are
mentioned in your man pages?  Some do (mine did).  Try it.
From: harley@engrhub.ucsb.edu (Harley Hahn)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: IS UNIX DEAD? (11)
Date: 11 Nov 92 22:31:53 GMT

This is number 11 in a series of 22 responses to the question:
 
What do you think about the Byte magazine cover that asked:
IS UNIX DEAD?
 
(moderated by Harley Hahn)
 
----------
From: dmp3592@icdfs.boeing.com (Dean M. Phillips)
 
The Byte magazine article was primarily about how Microsoft 
Windows NT was going to be the biggest challenge that Unix-like 
systems had faced because it offered most of the advantages of 
Unix with the support and ease of use and setup that windows is 
famous for.
 
I think Windows NT will replace Unix on the systems of the 
computer illiterate.  It certainly is not going to replace 386BSD 
on my 486-33. For one thing, I have no desire to invest $400 in a 
CD ROM drive so that I can read the distribution.  For another, I 
like being able to fix bugs and compatibility problems when 
required.  With a commercial package you are at the mercy of the 
developer. 
 
==========
 
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From: ruman@meroot.eng.uci.edu (ruman)
Subject: Cancelled articles
Distribution: world 
Summary: nntp reading cancelled articles
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,news.software.readers
Organization: Master Time Killers INc.
Date: 6 Nov 92 08:03:07 GMT
Followup-To: comp.unix.questions

Hi,

   I would like to know if it is possible to read a cancelled article
without sending a control mesg cancelling the cancel. I read news via
NNTP. I tried telnet to the NNTP port to retrieve the cancelled
article, but am unable to get it. ("article number invalid", was the
the message i believe). 

thanx in advance for any info on the subject.

ruman

Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
From: dsevans@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Daniel S Evans)
Subject: Users log off but processes continue  -- HELP HELP !!
Organization: The Ohio State University
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 16:13:22 GMT

We're running a DEC 5000 Ultrix system.  Users are logging in under
tcsh.  They are then running a menu system written in ksh. In addition,
their .login files have a tout command (time out program) that's supposed
to kill them if inactive for 30 minutes.

With all of this, we still get logged of users having left over processes
runninig for days !!!!  How do I get around this one ?

Any suggestions would be helpful.

DSE
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From: gryphon@openage.openage.com (The Golden Gryphon)
Subject: HELP! needed identifying ethernet board needed
Organization: Open Age, Inc.
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 14:42:11 GMT



Hi All,

A customer of mine has an AT&T 6386 WGS UNIX Box.  He wants to add TCP/IP to
the box, so he purchased the WIN TCP/IP from AT&T.  This package is now
installed, but the customers SMC ethernet board does not seem to be the one
required by the software.  

The documentation references an AT&T StarLan NI board, and a StarLan NP600A
board.  These look like Racal-Datacomm boards that were OEMed by AT&T.  I would
like to get some verification on which ethernet boards my customer needs to
purchase.  I will try talking to AT&T and R-D today, but AT&T has a great game
of 800-it's-not-my-department phone tag.  I spend over an hour on hold
yesterday with AT&T as employee after employee gave me 800 number after 800
number.  No one was able to answer my question.  When I finally got to a
support line where they thought they could help I was told I would be called
back.  No time was given for the call back, and it did not come.

Please help me identify the board I need to buy.

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From: nbladt@autelca.ascom.ch (Norbert Bladt)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Name from Core file
Date: 5 Nov 92 08:33:58 GMT
Organization: Ascom Autelca AG, Guemligen, Switzerland

maschepe@thama1.apgea.army.mil (Michael A. Schepers) writes:


>Hi There,

>     I have (I hope) an easy question.  I have found a core file in the
>     root filesystem and would like to be able to find out what created
>     the core dump; is this possible?  I have not been able to uncover
>     any system abnormalities, or dead processes, so I am at a lose as
>     to what might have created this core file.  The system is a Pyramid
>     running OSx 5.1a and the core file is owned by root.  Any pointers
>     are greatly appreciated.
That's what I like with my 386BSD system at home. There are no core files :-)
Instead they are called core.gs (for ghostscript), core.nenscript (you
guessed it, for nenscript) etc.

What I'll do on other UN*X systems is this:
	string core | less (or more)
At the first few pages in less the name of the executable can be found, in
general.
This has always worked for me in the past.
Hope this helps,

Norbert.
P.S. If somebody has a better idea, please tell me.
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
From: twod@socrates.demon.co.uk (Ian Parkin)
Subject: &FAQ
Distribution: world
Organization: Horrendous Happenings Ltd.
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1992 03:27:05 +0000

Apologies for bad pun but could someone please mail me the ftp address of 
the FAQ.

Thanks in advance
--
Ian Parkin, twod@socrates.demon.co.uk