ST7749%SIUCVMB.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Your's truly.) (05/30/91)
Hello y'all: I've got two really basic questions. Hope I don't bore anyone... 1) In the past, our computer center had 25 mchines running AIX. I used these machines to link to the mainframe, and then to the net, to get the upgrade kits from the various FTP sites. I put them on the AIX machines to unTAR and uncompress them, and the uudecode the various wonderful stuff I've seen on the list. However, as of two weeks ago, the AIX machines are no more, and I have no access to any UNIX other than MINIX. My problem - the 1.2 and 1.3 upgrade kits have diff.pattern files, but MINIX doesn't have a diff or a fix capable of using them. Is there such a beast available for MINIX, and if so where? If not, is there any other way to apply the patches other than manually (a job I look forward to almost as much as I look forward to major dental work). 2) This is almost too trivial to mention. I want to set up a .profile for the root, to set up paths and a few other niceties I got used to on the AIX machines. How do I do this? I tried placing a .profile in /usr/root, in /user/root, in /, with no luck. Perhaps I missed something in the book? Thanks for the help. I am, by the way, a CS student at Southern Illinois University and, as soon as I have 1.3 up and running well, will be making some contributions programming and theory wise to the list. However, I am limited by the technical wonder of my XT and the speed and agility of my hard disk, not to mention my overwhelming mental instabilities. Again, my many and undying thanks. May your fruits always tree bears. ************************************************************************* * ____ ____ * * | | / \ | / \ | / Software * * \ / \ | | | | | |__/ Systems * * | | |___| |\____/ | | | | \ * * \ / \ / \| \_ | | | | \ We work Majik * * | | | \ \______ \____/ | \ With your computer * *_______________________________________________________________________* * | This is a test life. * * Jon L. Fincher,ST7749@SIUCVMB.CDALE.SIU.EDU | Had this been an actual * * Southern Illinois University at Carbondale | life, you would have * * | received news and ... * *************************************************************************