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From: gil@banyan.UUCP (Gil Pilz@Eng@Banyan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: ls -A
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Date: 16 Oct 89 20:36:11 GMT
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In article <17118@rpp386.cactus.org> jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II) writes:
>There really is a good reason for this.  The entire reason the SVID
>and SVVS and friends exist is to define exactly -what- UNIX really is.

Yeah, the only problem is that they don't work, i.e. you can be "SVID
compliant" yet not pass the SVVS, or you can pass the SVVS yet not be
"SVID compliant". Just a pet peeve of mine, but I hate when people
throw these two out as if they really were "exact" specs/tests.

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        Gilbert W. Pilz Jr.       gil@banyan.com
        Banyan Systems Inc.       (617) 898-1196
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