bach@USCN.BITNET (BitNet Users Of Southern Tech) (04/12/89)
I have a question about unpacking shell archives under Domain/IX
SYS V. Whenever I attempt to unpack a shell archive by typing
sh filename, I get an error that says
unexpected 'end_of_file' at line xxxx
Has anyone else experienced this problem ?? These shell archives are
just standard SYSV stuff, and I can't see any syntax problems with them.
I have never successfully unpacked an archive on our workstations.
One other question :
When I use the make utility under SYSV , I always get an error that
says separator expected on rules line xxx. There is nothing wrong
with the makefile as far as I can tell.
Could someone who knows what is causing these problems please send me a
solution ?
S. BergerGBOPOLY1@NUSVM.BITNET (fclim) (04/18/89)
Hi, in article <89041209003497F.AQLP@USCN.USCN.UGA.EDU>, S. Berger (bach%USCN.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU) writes: > I have a question about unpacking shell archives under Domain/IX >SYS V. Whenever I attempt to unpack a shell archive by typing >sh filename, I get an error that says > > unexpected 'end_of_file' at line xxxx >Has anyone else experienced this problem ?? These shell archives are >just standard SYSV stuff, and I can't see any syntax problems with them. >I have never successfully unpacked an archive on our workstations. I assume you get the shell archives from comp.sources.unix. To extract these, you need to run /bsd4.2/bin/sh on them instead of /sys5/bin/sh. /{bsd4.2, sys5}/bin/sh are different as can be observed by running /etc/systype on them. The manual, Domain/IX User's Guide, Sections 2.3.2 and 2.3.3 tells the differences. > One other question : > > When I use the make utility under SYSV , I always get an error that >says separator expected on rules line xxx. There is nothing wrong >with the makefile as far as I can tell. The problem here does not concern Apollo boxes. I assume that since you put down your email address as a Bitnet node, you are receiving the shell archives on Bitnet. The Bitnet mailer maps all tabs to 8 spaces. The grammar of make requires each command line to begin with a tab. You need to run /bsd4.2/usr/ucb/unexpand on these makefiles or you may hand-edit them. Hope I have help. Enjoy. fclim --- gbopoly1 % nusvm.bitnet @ cunyvm.cuny.edu computer centre singapore polytechnic dover road singapore 0513.