aed@netcom.UUCP (Andrew Davidson) (12/08/90)
does any one know where I can get a version of Larry Walls patch program that runs in SCO ODT UNIX. I have a version that copys the files with the extension .orig. sco only allows files to have 14 chars in there name Supposedly there is a version that rename files to # thanks Andy
davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr) (12/09/90)
In article <18329@netcom.UUCP> aed@netcom.UUCP (Andrew Davidson) writes: | does any one know where I can get a version of Larry Walls patch program | that runs in SCO ODT UNIX. I have a version that copys the files with | the extension .orig. sco only allows files to have 14 chars in there name | Supposedly there is a version that rename files to # There's an option when you compile which uses a single character instead of .orig. I think the character is ~ rather than #, but no matter. I use it even on the version I have for V.4, where I do have long names. The longer name just makes directory listing larger. -- bill davidsen - davidsen@sixhub.uucp (uunet!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen) sysop *IX BBS and Public Access UNIX moderator of comp.binaries.ibm.pc and 80386 mailing list "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me
kaleb@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov (Kaleb Keithley ) (12/11/90)
In article <2544@sixhub.UUCP> davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes: >In article <18329@netcom.UUCP> aed@netcom.UUCP (Andrew Davidson) writes: > >| does any one know where I can get a version of Larry Walls patch program >| that runs in SCO ODT UNIX. I have a version that copys the files with >| the extension .orig. sco only allows files to have 14 chars in there name >| Supposedly there is a version that rename files to # > > There's an option when you compile which uses a single character >instead of .orig. I think the character is ~ rather than #, but no >matter. I use it even on the version I have for V.4, where I do have >long names. The longer name just makes directory listing larger. Maybe, but if you run the Configure shell script, it will automatically test to see if your box supports > 14 character file names or not and compile accordingly. -- Kaleb Keithley Jet Propulsion Labs kaleb@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov You can please all of the people some of the time,