Favorite operating systems query (UNIX vs VMS flaming!!!)
rcb at rti-sel.UUCP
rcb at rti-sel.UUCP
Tue Jul 15 00:00:41 AEST 1986
>
>However, even at best DCL "diagnostics" can be ambiguous. For example,
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>$ SHOW USERS/BOGUS
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>gets me the diagnostic
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>%DCL-W-IVQUAL, unrecognized qualifier - check validity, spelling, and placement
> \BOGUS\
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>Hardly pointing out the specific problem! Better something like this (under
>System V):
Seems reasonable to me. "/bogus" is unknown at that place. Could be in wrong
place or spelled wrong.
>
>$ who -bogus
>who: illegal option -- o
>Usage: who [-rbtpludAasHTq] [am i] [utmp_like_file]
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>r run level
>b boot time
>t time changes
>p processes other than getty or users
>l login processes
>u useful information
>d dead processes
>A accounting information
>a all (rbtpludA options)
>s short form of who (no time since last output or pid)
>H print header
>T status of tty (+ writable, - not writable, x exclusive open, ? hung)
>q quick who
I have NEVER seen a unix error message like this! At best I have seen
$ who -bogus
who: illegal option -- o
or
$ who -bogus
Usage: who [-rbtpludAasHTq] [am i] [utmp_like_file]
Of which I prefer the first as it at least tells me what I did wrong.
--
Random (Randy Buckland)
Research Triangle Institute
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