LPM102@psuvm.psu.edu (Lee Miller) (07/25/90)
I can't find any reason for the problam I'm having so I'll post it here. I've been trying to obtain some common usage files for our campus's IBM AIX 2.2.1 RT, besides the problem of the RT not being on the internet and having to go through a real pain in the ass way of getting files, whenever i try to edit the decompressed source which generates the files the editor ( INed ) hangs on me, the process continues running, but when I try to exit, and INed tries to save the changed file, the terminal hangs at the message "saving /u/lmiller/etc." when i get on another terminal the editor's process is still running, but the login shell process goes idle, and there is NO way of getting the terminal unhung except by killing the login shell process, killing the editor's process gives me the shell prompt, but the terminal is still hung. So the problem is how can I get the editor to save the d*mn files, and is it because of a corruption in the file due to the method I have to go about to get the files? In case it helps, here's what I have to go about to get the files: I ftp from psuvm ( a VM/CMS machine ), I retrieve the files with type I, I then run a file to convert the file so that it's column width is no longer than 512 ( we don't have the setup to directly ftp from OTC yet! ), I then download the file to a PC with a binary option, then I ftp and transfer the files to the RT with type eight-bit ( the only choices are 8 bit, text, and binary ). As you can see there is a lot of room for file corruption, but the strange part is files that are tar'd can be retrieved and untar`d fine, but files that are compressed will decompress but then they hang when I try to edit them. I even tried ftp'ing our RT and retrieving the decompress'd files as text so I could edit them on teh PC and then ftp and replace the old source file but the terminal hangs in the middle of the ftp and again the login process goes idle. Also it might help to state where I'm trying to retrieve these files from, I've tried uunet.uu.net and ccb.ucsf.edu, but I obtain teh same problem with files from both hosts. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, post them or mail them directly to me. Lee Miller <LPM102@PSUVM.psu.edu>
jackv@turnkey.tcc.com (Jack F. Vogel) (07/29/90)
In article <90206.091054LPM102@psuvm.psu.edu> LPM102@psuvm.psu.edu (Lee Miller) writes: >I've been trying to obtain some common usage files for our campus's IBM >AIX 2.2.1 RT, besides the problem of the RT not being on the internet >and having to go through a real pain in the ass way of getting files, >whenever i try to edit the decompressed source which generates the files >the editor ( INed ) hangs on me.... What about using a different editor like vi, have you tried that and if so does it also hang. To be honest this is the first time I have actually heard of someone using INed, I would say what I think of it but I prefer to stay away from holy wars :-}! Disclaimer: I don't speak for LCC or IBM. -- Jack F. Vogel jackv@locus.com AIX370 Technical Support - or - Locus Computing Corp. jackv@turnkey.TCC.COM