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Date: 15 Mar 90 07:08:00 MST
From: info-unix at BRL.MIL
Subject: INFO-UNIX Digest V9#092
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INFO-UNIX Digest Thu, 15 Mar 1990 V9#092
Today's Topics:
fcntl
Re: fcntl
Re: *nix - an abbreviation?
Re: Motif shared library?
Starting a session at a terminal remotely
ftp site for uuencode/decode source in PD
Re: troff fonts with me macros
Re: Printer accounting and cutoff from UNIX: is it possible?
Re: signal problems on BSD
Intro to sockets?
Re: Kermit vs uugetty
BSD4.3 For Banking
interprocess communication
cache parity error
Re: RPC programming
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From: Jerome Freedman <freedman at granite.cr.bull.com>
Subject: fcntl
Date: 13 Mar 90 12:57:55 GMT
To: info-unix at sem.brl.mil
I know what the entry point(s) to ioctl are (I've seen
enough drivers but where are the fcntl entry points?
There is sort of an overlap there. Will a fcntl cause
a call to dev_ioctl?
Jerry Freedman,Jr
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From: Doug Gwyn <gwyn at smoke.brl.mil>
Subject: Re: fcntl
Date: 15 Mar 90 00:18:39 GMT
To: info-unix at sem.brl.mil
In article <1990Mar13.125755.9720 at granite.cr.bull.com> freedman at granite.cr.bull.com (Jerome Freedman) writes:
> I know what the entry point(s) to ioctl are (I've seen
>enough drivers but where are the fcntl entry points?
>There is sort of an overlap there. Will a fcntl cause
>a call to dev_ioctl?
Well, it's not supposed to -- fcntl() was introduced specifically
to play with the file table entries, which is something the device
driver is not supposed to know (or care) about.
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From: Roger Gonzalez <rg at uunet!unhd>
Subject: Re: *nix - an abbreviation?
Keywords: sorry; some misunderstandings :-(
Date: 13 Mar 90 13:46:02 GMT
To: info-unix at sem.brl.mil
Yep, as you said A/UX and others don't fit the *IX. For that matter,
one of our systems runs UNOS, which is a UN* :-)
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From: Larry Wall <lwall at jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov>
Subject: Re: *nix - an abbreviation?
Keywords: sorry; some misunderstandings :-(
Date: 14 Mar 90 22:19:17 GMT
To: info-unix at sem.brl.mil
In article <1990Mar13.134602.12921 at uunet!unhd> rg at unhd.unh.edu.UUCP (Roger Gonzalez ) writes:
: Yep, as you said A/UX and others don't fit the *IX. For that matter,
: one of our systems runs UNOS, which is a UN* :-)
How 'bout we switch to normal regular expressions and say something like:
(u.*[nx]|[rn].*x|ix)
That gets most of 'em, and maybe a few that haven't been invented yet.
Or perhaps
(^u|[ux]$)
Or maybe that should that be
(^u|[ux]$|osf)
Probably get a false positive with that one, though. :-)
Larry Wall
lwall at jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov
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From: Guy Harris <guy at auspex.auspex.com>
Subject: Re: Motif shared library?
Date: 13 Mar 90 19:34:24 GMT
Followup-To: comp.unix.questions
To: info-unix at sem.brl.mil
>The .sa file may have to contain code, if the address of a function is
>referenced by both library code and library client code (e.g. mem_rop in
>the pixrect library).
Yup, I'd forgotten that little Tale of Terror from 4.0 development days.
If you have to do something like
if (foo->bar->bletch == mem_rop) {
/*
* Do special memory pixrect stuff
*/
} else {
/*
* Do other pixrect stuff
*/
}
this comes into play (i.e., it's not *any* reference by name that causes
problems, it's references that actually care about the address of the
function as something other than the target of a jump).
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From: dec at winston.sr.com
Subject: Starting a session at a terminal remotely
Date: 13 Mar 90 21:27:16 GMT
To: info-unix at sem.brl.mil
I have to start a session programaticly on a terminal, the terminal
is local to my machine, but for reasons that make no difference I am forced
to start the session for them. (meaning that instead of letting someone log
into a script or anything else, the data entry screen has to be there for them).
Unfortunately I can not make the data entry program open the dev I want to
use because it is an existing package.
I am running SCO XENIX on everex 286 systems, version 2.2.3.
Please help me! Thanks in advance Dave
David Compton, 900 W. Alameda, Burbank, CA, 91506 U.S.A, Work Phone 818-843-7311
UUCP: ..!winston!dec INTERNET: dec at winston.sr.com Home Phone 805-583-4345
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From: "David J. Harr" <hammersslammers1 at oxy.edu>
Subject: ftp site for uuencode/decode source in PD
Date: 13 Mar 90 21:40:33 GMT
To: info-unix at sem.brl.mil
Does anyone know where I can find the source for uuencode/uudecode? I
have these huge files that I encoded on a Sun before mailing them to
myself on a Prime, but I get here and I find that Primix, the Prime
implementation of Unix, does not include these utilities in its standard
distribution. As a result, I am stuck here with > 50 megabytes of stuff
and no way to use it. Any help would be appreciated. Please e-mail me as
I do not really follow this newsgroup regularly. Thank you.
David
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From: "Conor P. Cahill" <cpcahil at virtech.uucp>
Subject: Re: troff fonts with me macros
Date: 14 Mar 90 00:35:04 GMT
To: info-unix at sem.brl.mil
In article <22738 at adm.BRL.MIL> gaspar at stl-08sima.army.mil (Al Gaspar) writes:
>I am working on a document using the me macros and I want to
>change the point size for the entire document from the default
>of 10 to 12. I have tried (among other things) '.ps 12' and
I had to do this with my USENET Manual Set and came up with the following:
.nr pp 8
.nr sp 8
.nr tp 8
to set it to 8 point. I added these lines after the .so for the me
macros.
--
Conor P. Cahill (703)430-9247 Virtual Technologies, Inc.,
uunet!virtech!cpcahil 46030 Manekin Plaza, Suite 160
Sterling, VA 22170
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From: "John E. Prussing" <jep at uxh.cso.uiuc.edu>
Subject: Re: troff fonts with me macros
Keywords: simple solution
Date: 14 Mar 90 14:51:56 GMT
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To: info-unix at sem.brl.mil
In article <22738 at adm.BRL.MIL> gaspar at stl-08sima.army.mil (Al Gaspar) writes:
>
>I am working on a document using the me macros and I want to
>change the point size for the entire document from the default
>of 10 to 12. I have tried (among other things) '.ps 12' and
>'.sz 12' at the top of my file with no luck. The only way those
> .............etc.
>Al Gaspar <gaspar at stl-08sima.army.mil>
>USAMC SIMA, ATTN: AMXSI-TTC, Box 1578, St. Louis, MO 63188-1578
>COMMERCIAL: (314) 263-5646 AUTOVON: 693-5646
>uunet.uu.net!stl-08sima.army.mil!gaspar
=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Try putting the statement ".nr PS 12" at the very beginning of
your program. You may need to include "gsize 12" in your .EQN
definitions if you're using eqn.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
John E. Prussing Internet: jep at uxh.cso.uiuc.edu
Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Bitnet: jep at uiucuxh
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From: Anton Hartl <hartl at lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de>
Subject: Re: troff fonts with me macros
Date: 14 Mar 90 16:27:54 GMT
Sender: news at lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de
To: info-unix at sem.brl.mil
In article <22738 at adm.BRL.MIL> gaspar at stl-08sima.army.mil (Al Gaspar) writes:
>I am working on a document using the me macros and I want to
>change the point size for the entire document from the default
>of 10 to 12. I have tried (among other things) '.ps 12' and
>'.sz 12' at the top of my file with no luck. The only way those
>insertions seem to work is to place them in each paragraph separately.
That's true, .sz does a temporary size change, respectively every
call to .pp or similar macros resets the point size.
>The only way I have been able to change the point size for the entire
>document was to make my own copy of the macro package and change the
>defaults for the .tp and .pp registers. Is there a better way?
There is. The number register pp defines the pointsize used throughout
the entire document; the macros pp, lp and the like set the pointsize
to the value of that number register. So the first thing you put in
Your paper is '.nr pp 12' and everything should work fine.
-Toni
Anton Hartl | hartl at lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de, ...!unido!tumult!hartl
Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible. -Escher
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From: Lyle Seaman <lws at comm.wang.com>
Subject: Re: Printer accounting and cutoff from UNIX: is it possible?
Date: 14 Mar 90 00:35:08 GMT
To: info-unix at sem.brl.mil
Gee, all we did was put a cup on the printer and a sign that said:
Laser Printer costs $0.07/page.
Your own paper --> $0.05/page
Worked pretty well.
--
Lyle sendmail.cf under construction, pardon the From:
lws at comm.wang.com (or, uunet!comm.wang.com!lws) (508) 967-2322
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From: Ravindran Ramachandran <rr at csuna.cs.uh.edu>
Subject: Re: signal problems on BSD
Date: 14 Mar 90 04:58:14 GMT
Sender: nntppost at uhnix1.uh.edu
To: info-unix at sem.brl.mil
In article <1990Mar8.084830.9252 at athena.mit.edu> jik at athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) writes:
>In article <5913 at star.cs.vu.nl>, maart at cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath) writes:
>> )doesn't happen in csh. Therefore, the reason your process is not
>> )getting the signal is because the signal is never sent.
>>
>> ...because csh puts each job into its own process group and a the group of a
>> background job never equals the tty process group (by definition!).
>
I had a similar kind of a problem on a Pyramid running ATT Sys 5, having
csh as the base shell. I have a Bourne shell script that is started up
from my .login, which runs a clock at the top corner of my tty. When I
log out, however, the process remains active even though there is no
actual device to output to. I tried in the script to 'trap' the signals,
but they are not received on logout.
The suggestion to:
a) set setpgrp() is slightly a pain in a shell script.
b) modify /bin/login (?) is impossible for me.
Right now, in my .logout I do a ps, and use awk to get the pid so that
I can explicitly kill the process. However, I wish the script would
directly get the signal when I logout and expire!
For your eyes only (please destroy after reading),
--Ravi-
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From: Sebastian Hammer <quinn at diku.dk>
Subject: Intro to sockets?
Date: 14 Mar 90 14:24:07 GMT
To: info-unix at sem.brl.mil
I've checked the list of common questions, and haven't seen this one, so
I guess it is legal.. :)
Is there some sort of description of/introduction to the socket-concept
available (either on a file somewhere, or on paper)?? I've tried to get by
on the man pages, but either I'm not looking the right places, or the info
there is a bit thin (The man pages, I think, are generally most useful if
you know the material beforehand).
I'd be grateful for any references.
quinn at freja.diku.dk (The Novice)
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From: Robert Halloran <rkh at mtune.att.com>
Subject: Re: Kermit vs uugetty
Date: 14 Mar 90 14:26:42 GMT
To: info-unix at sem.brl.mil
In article <1990Mar12.174721.13244 at tcsc3b2.tcsc.com> pag at tcsc3b2.tcsc.com (Philip A. Gross) writes:
>kdq at demott.COM (Kevin D. Quitt) writes:
>> We have a modem on /dev/tty01 with a uugetty running on it for
>>normal network use. Occasionally, I would like to be able to use this
>>modem to call other systems (such as bbs's) and transfer files (we don't
>>have ftp capability). I have kermit to do the transfers, but it seems
>>to butt heads with the uugetty in trying to get the incoming data -
>
>Well, I am going to guess that you might be using Un*x SVR3.2 or
>thereabouts. HoneyDanBer uucp uses the directory /usr/spool/locks
>to keep lock files regarding what devices are in use, etc.
The current versions of Unix kermit have a make for 'att3bx', which is
used to get the right directory for setting up lockfiles.
Bob Halloran
=========================================================================
UUCP: att!mtune!rkh Internet: rkh at mtune.ATT.COM
Disclaimer: If you think AT&T would have ME as a spokesman, you're crazed.
Quote: "Remember, kids, if some weirdo in a blue suit offers you some DOS,
JUST SAY NO!!!"
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From: Michael Furtney <mfurtney at dahlia.waterloo.edu>
Subject: BSD4.3 For Banking
Date: 14 Mar 90 19:05:15 GMT
Sender: daemon at watdragon.waterloo.edu
To: info-unix at sem.brl.mil
Hello,
I currently work part time for a relatively small software development
company called XCEL-Soft. We are based in Toronto, and our major
product is a retail banking system that runs on a UNIX System V
platform.
Right now, we are in the midst of designing an 'Inter-Branch Banking'
facility, and we are planning to make use of a Public Data Network (X25)
to facilitate communications between branches. The software
has been developed by us, for this project, and is now being tested
on a local network.
While this poses no problems from our point of view, it is felt
by one of our major customers (A bank based in Jamaica), and by my
employer, that a private network would be more secure, and offer
better response times.
We are looking at a solution of porting our retail banking system
to BSD, and perhaps implementing a TCP/IP network of some kind
that would facilitate inter-branch communication. We have various
other reasons for switching to BSD, eg. the socket is a more robust
IPC mechanism than is the standard System V IPC Message Queue routines,
and our banking software relies heavily on this. But this article
is not concerned with that...
We are experienced with X25, and interfacing our banking software
to other networks. (VISA/NET in particular) .
This leaves us with a few questions, that I am sure many of the
knowledgable gurus out there could answer for us :
1) Were could we write, or call, or FTP to obtain information
concerning
a) The purchase of 4.3BSD.
b) Implementing a TCP/IP based network.
In Particular: What types of communications medium are
supported by TCP/IP.
(With our PDN solution, each branch
has a leased line to the network, is that
possible with a TCP/IP solution?)
These are broad, and rather vague questions, but any responses would
be appreciated.
All responses should be directed to :
mfurtney at dahlia.waterloo.edu
..!watmath!watcgl!electro!grimm!mike (At home)
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From: Mehdi Bonyadi <mehdi at venus.sandiego.ncr.com>
Subject: interprocess communication
Date: 14 Mar 90 19:11:34 GMT
Sender: news at iss-rb.sandiego.ncr.com
To: info-unix at sem.brl.mil
Hi everybody,
I wrote a program that deals with connectivity information of a logic
design. I took the connectivity information from a CAD tools set output.
What I want to do is to see if it is possible to "kind of" integrate
the schematic capture part of the CAD tool into my program. I do not have
the sources for the CAD system, it is a commercial tool. My program can find
some characteristics of the logic design. For some of its functions it needs
some input from the user, ie name of a part or name of a signal. Currently,
the user must type these names in, but what I am thinking of doing is to
monitor the schematic capture process from outside, ie my program, and read
the input of the user and the response of the schematic capture program.
This way the user can just use the mouse and pick a signal on the schematic
and ask for the information on that signal from the schematic capture
program, the response would be few lines of text giving the info about the
signal. This information goes to a tty subwindow of the schematic capture
frame. And I want to read this text.
I was told that I can look at the /dev/kmem and monitor the clist of that
tty window and go from there. I was wondering about some of the complications
that I am putting myself into if I go through this path. For one not
everybody has read permission to /dev/kmem, or how do I find the clist for
this tty subwindow, or if I am violating copyright if I look at the /dev/kmem
and monitor the clist.
By the way if anyone had done such a thing before, I would appreciate if
I could take a look at the program.
I am open to any other suggestions that might be applicable to this problem.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mehdi Bonyadi, NCR Corporation, E & M San Diego - Mail Stop 4424
16550 West Bernardo Drive
San Diego, CA 92127
(619) 485-2233 mehdi at venus.SanDiego.NCR.COM
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From: mark kraitchman <mark at isis.berkeley.edu>
Subject: cache parity error
Date: 14 Mar 90 22:11:10 GMT
Sender: news at pasteur.berkeley.edu
To: info-unix at sem.brl.mil
Hi, I realize this is hardware related, since DEC's response
was to replace the CPU. My question is, what is a cache
parity error?
Thanks in Advance,
mark [where does the time go] kraitchman
* UUCP:ucbvax!isis!mark *
* ARPA:mark at isis.berkeley.edu *
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From: Mark Benard <mb at rex.cs.tulane.edu>
Subject: Re: RPC programming
Date: 14 Mar 90 23:57:50 GMT
To: info-unix at sem.brl.mil
In article <3744 at incas.informatik.uni-kl.de> zessel at descartes.informatik.uni-kl.de (Holger Zessel) writes:
>tph at cs.utexas.edu (Pow-Hwee Tan) writes:
>>2. The XDR serializing/deserializing routines do not explicitly free
>>the memory allocated. How can I free them myself?
>
>This would interest me too. I write some kind of NFS-Server. Now
>I have the problem that ist prototypes are growing permanently while
>serving NFS-requests. I could not find any reason for this memory leak
>in my code.
Won't xdr_free() do the job?
Mark
--
Mark Benard
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Tulane University USENET: rex!mb
New Orleans, LA 70118
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