pmajumda@cfdev0360.shearson.com (Partha Majumdar) (06/06/91)
I recently bought John David Miller's book named An Open look at UNIX. The book included a 5 1/4" diskette containing all his source codes reflecting the examples from the book which are quite helpful. However, since the diskette is in UNIX cpio format and it is 5 1/4" I am having extremely difficult time finding a drive to upload the source from this floppy diskette. I would appreciate if anyone would provide any information or the source which I may be able to upload into my machine. Thank you.
jdm@gssc.UUCP (John David Miller) (06/11/91)
In article <1991Jun6.142938.21032@shearson.com> pmajumda@cfdev0360.shearson.com (Partha Majumdar) writes: >I recently bought John David Miller's book named An Open look at UNIX. >The book included a 5 1/4" diskette containing all his source codes reflecting >the examples from the book which are quite helpful. I'm very glad you like it! IMPORTANT NOTE: Sun now ships my book and a special 50-page addendum with the 2.5 release of OLIT. Call Sun and ask for the OLIT 2.5 update and you'll get a copy of my book and the addendum along with the 2.5 CD. Unfortunately, my source code is not on the CD, but I am working to see that the Sun field offices have it available. >However, since the >diskette is in UNIX cpio format and it is 5 1/4" I am having extremely >difficult time finding a drive to upload the source from this floppy diskette. What format would you like? I have made the source available in DOS and Sun formats, too: Quarterdeck sold the DOS version and Sun had the source on their bulletin board. I'm going on vacation for a couple of weeks while changing jobs, but I will check this group when I get back to make sure this is resolved. >I would appreciate if anyone would provide any information or the source >which I may be able to upload into my machine. Thank you. This is perfectly fine with me. If you paid for the source, you should have it! Personally, I think that anyone who purchases the book should have the source available in electronic form. The $10 or whatever they charge for the disk should be considered media fee. However, M&T holds the source code as their copywritten material, so I can't go giving it away. -- jdm -- John David Miller jdm@gss.com Graphic Software Systems uunet!gssc!jdm 9590 S.W. Gemini Dr. (503) 641-2200 (voice) Beaverton, OR 97005-7161 (503) 643-8642 (FAX)