txr98@wash08.UUCP (Timothy Reed) (06/05/88)
I'm having problems with the following command using MKS 2.3 as my command shell: ls command.com r ls ls=file the shell says that I must "supply old=new argument". I thought I was doing that. Anyone with a similar problem? Also, what's up with the 'MKS yacc doc' that the new man pages refer to? Does the thing exist? Does it cost as much as support now does past the 30 day limit? I was hoping that my update kit would include better doc on yacc, like the rest of the excellent manual - much to my dismay... Thanks! +-------------------------------------------------------+ | Timothy Reed - American Chemical Society | | UUCP: ..uunet!wash08!txr98 | | USMAIL: 1155 16th NW^MRoom 412^MWashington, DC 20036 | +-------------------------------------------------------+
wheels@mks.UUCP (Gerry Wheeler) (06/06/88)
In article <129@wash08.UUCP>, txr98@wash08.UUCP (Timothy Reed) writes: > I'm having problems with the following command using MKS 2.3 as my command > shell: > > ls command.com > r ls ls=file > > the shell says that I must "supply old=new argument". I thought I was doing > that. Anyone with a similar problem? You have the operands in the wrong order. You have to specify the substitutions first, then the name of the command to be rerun. In your example, the second command should be "r ls=file ls". Note that, in this particular case, the final "ls" could be omitted because we are referring to the most recent command. > Also, what's up with the 'MKS yacc doc' that the new man pages refer to? > Does the thing exist? Yes, it's being printed already. We had to decide what to do about yacc. We figure less than 2% of our buyers will use it, so we didn't want to include the whole manual with every Toolkit. Printing and mailing costs would necessitate a greater price. And, the cost of a separate yacc product (like our vi and awk) would have been much higher. And, many people have access to yacc documents as part of their Unix systems. So, we're giving everybody yacc.exe, and those who need our manual can get it at a reasonable price. The yacc manual is about 70 pages long, and will cost $25. It will be ready by the end of June, and orders can be taken any time. -- Gerry Wheeler Phone: (519)884-2251 Mortice Kern Systems Inc. UUCP: uunet!watmath!mks!wheels 35 King St. North BIX: join mks Waterloo, Ontario N2J 2W9 CompuServe: 73260,1043
txr98@wash08.UUCP (Timothy Reed) (06/08/88)
Thanks for the usual quick response, Gerry. I was pretty disappointed that more extensive doc wasn't included, but... this is one happy MKS user that would definitely like to purchase that doc as soon as it is available. BTW, I've had a bunch of stupid MKS questions since I got net access, and Gerry has dutifully and patiently answered all of them - partly thanks to this guy's helpful correspondence, I continue to recommend the Toolkit to all my friends and associates. Thanks... +-------------------------------------------------------+ | Timothy Reed - American Chemical Society | | UUCP: ..uunet!wash08!txr98 | | USMAIL: 1155 16th NW^MRoom 412^MWashington, DC 20036 | | VOICE: 202 872-6018 | +-------------------------------------------------------+