grwalter@wcbcs.uucp (Fred Walter) (01/12/91)
In a previous article I asked why I shouldn't strip /xenix.... I just found out. At least one command (w - it complains with "can't find namelist" or some such thing) doesn't like it.
silver@xrtll.uucp (Hi Ho Silver) (01/13/91)
In comp.unix.xenix.sco, grwalter@wcbcs.uucp (Fred Walter) typed: $In a previous article I asked why I shouldn't strip /xenix.... I just found $out. At least one command (w - it complains with "can't find namelist" or $some such thing) doesn't like it. ps also won't like you, and that's a pretty important command (if you don't believe me, take a look through /etc/shutdown). In fact, anything that needs to look at the process table will probably break if you strip /xenix. -- __ __ _ | ...!nexus.yorku.edu!xrtll!silver | always (__ | | | | |_ |_) >----------------------------------< searching __) | |_ \/ |__ | \ | if you don't like my posts, type | for _____________________/ find / -print|xargs cat|compress | SNTF
simon@ms.uky.edu (G. Simon Gales) (01/14/91)
In article <1991Jan12.235536.12144@xrtll.uucp> silver@xrtll.UUCP (Hi Ho Silver) writes: >In comp.unix.xenix.sco, grwalter@wcbcs.uucp (Fred Walter) typed: >$In a previous article I asked why I shouldn't strip /xenix.... I just found >$out. At least one command (w - it complains with "can't find namelist" or >$some such thing) doesn't like it. > > ps also won't like you, and that's a pretty important command (if you >don't believe me, take a look through /etc/shutdown). In fact, anything >that needs to look at the process table will probably break if you strip >/xenix. >-- In my xenix 286 2.2.3 system, there's a 'strip xenix' in the kernal makefile. -- Simon Gales@The University of Kentucky simon@ms.uky.edu simon@UKMA.BITNET {rutgers, uunet}!ukma!simon ------sos-sos-sos-sos-sos-sos-sos-sos-sos-sos-sos-sos-sos------