garys@houxs.UUCP (#G.SEUBERT) (10/26/84)
The '-x' option of 'dcopy(1m)' was used to force executable programs to be stored in contiguous blocks. This seemed desireable so we always specified it in the past. In System V Release 2 (and perhaps 5.0), the source still has the code for the 'xflg' but the explanation for it being commented out reads: -x OPTION NO LONGER SUPPORTED - NO GOOD REASON FOR EXISTENCE Am I missing something? Is it just as efficient to have executables split up around the disk? It scares me when code is just commented out rather than the program being re-written. Consistently confused by System V, Gary Seubert [..!ihnp4!]houxs!garys