daemon@decwrl.UUCP (The devil himself) (08/10/84)
Suggestion for Those Who Post to net.sources___________________________________ The following was sent to net.news and net.wanted. I think it should also be posted here, so here it is: > To aid in extracting "shar" files that are posted as news articles, I > suggest that all shar archives end with an "exit" statement. This avoids > the need to check for and delete trailing signature lines from saved shar- > format articles. > -- > John Bruner (S-1 Project, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) > MILNET: jdb@mordor.ARPA [jdb@s1-c] (415) 422-0758 > UUCP: ...!ucbvax!dual!mordor!jdb ...!decvax!decwrl!mordor!jdb I think it's a great idea. <_Jym_> :::::::::::::::: Jym Dyer ::::' :: `:::: Nashua, New Hampshire ::' :: `:: :: :: :: DYER%VAXUUM.DEC@DECWRL.ARPA :: .::::. :: {allegra|decvax|ihnp4|ucbvax}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-vaxuum!dyer ::..:' :: `:..:: ::::. :: .:::: Statements made in this article are my own; they might not :::::::::::::::: reflect the views of |d|i|g|i|t|a|l| Equipment Corporation. P.S.: Just so certain self-imposed traffic cops don't tie up Usenet phone lines with pointless automatic mail to me complaining that I'm ruining their lives by forcing them to remove my articles from their automatic net.sources saving archives by hand, here's a VMS command procedure: $!<* STATUS.COM________________________________________________________________ $!** 2-Aug-1984 - by <_Jym_Dyer_> $!**========================================================================**! $!** To take a peek at the status code. **! $!**========================================================================*>! $ Status = '$status' $ if (p1 .nes. "") then Status = 'p1' $ Error = f$message(Status) $ show symbol/local Status $ write sys$output Error $ exit