bill@twg.wimsey.bc.ca (Bill Irwin) (10/11/90)
Before I go wading through obscure portions of the manual, I wonder if someone could briefly describe these two functions. I am trying to determine the reason that an Altos 1000 running Altos UNIX V has become a dog after new application software was loaded. One of the SAR reports indicates that there is a disk bottleneck and the man page suggests 1) set sticky bits; 2) balance the disk load (impractical because all users run the same application software); 3) use ltmp; 4) run dcopy. I've never heard of ltmp and dcopy. Are they well documented commands and I should just RTM, or are they esoteric black holes - waiting for an unsuspecting soul to stumble into an abyss of guru mumbo jumbo? I don't mind *jumping* into a black hole once in a while - as long as I have a light and a reasonable basis for believing it isn't bottomless. 8^) Thanks for any suggestions. -- Bill Irwin - TWG The Westrheim Group - Vancouver, BC, Canada ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ uunet!van-bc!twg!bill (604) 431-9600 (voice) | UNIX Systems bill@twg.wimsey.bc.ca (604) 431-4629 (fax) | Integration