Unix deficiencies/problems
Scott Barman
scott at dtscp1.UUCP
Sun May 7 16:45:39 AEST 1989
In article <424 at algor2.UUCP> jeffrey at algor2.UUCP (Jeffrey Kegler) writes:
>In article <810046 at hpsemc.HP.COM> gph at hpsemc.HP.COM (Paul Houtz) writes:
>>gph at hpsemc.HP.COM (Paul Houtz) / 10:37 am Apr 18, 1989 /
>>
>>I wrote:
>> I am interested in peoples opinions of deficiencies or problems with
>>unix. . . .
>
>I miss very little from the IBM world, but the availability of formal file
>names is one of them. Once UNIX starts getting into commercial
>environments they will become more useful. Briefly, a formal file name is
>a name by which the program interfaces with a JCL (or shell) language and
>which can be redefined. UNIX has 3 usable ones, stdin, stdout and stderr,
>and that covers a remarkable variety of situations. But an application
Is this anything like trying to remember which utilities wants their
input from ddname SYSUT1 or SYSIN? Or ourput to SYSOUT or SYSPRINT
or even SYSUT2?
I do not miss anything from that world!!!!
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scott barman
{gatech, emory}!dtscp1!scott
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