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From: jsalter@slo.paloalto.ibm.com
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: changing the console; alloca missing from 9021?
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Date: 3 Aug 90 17:05:32 GMT
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In article <61875@bu.edu.bu.edu> jdh@bu-pub.bu.edu (Jason Heirtzler) writes:
>How do you change the console to be an HFT, rather than a serial port? It's
>straight forward if you're reinstalling AIX from scratch (just make sure the
>serial port isn't plugged in when you run the install) but i don't want to
>go through that, just to change it.

Have you looked at the 'chcons' or 'chdisp' commands and their relatives?

>Also, it looks like alloca isn't in libbsd.a or libc.a.  Was this just an
>oversight in this release?  If this is true, is there someone who can give
>me a copy (hello IBM?)

One of the mysteries of AIXv3.1 is the following:

	To access the alloca() function, you need to add the following
	line to the beginning of your SOURCE code:

		#pragma alloca

	This will make the alloca() routine available for use.

I you don't have InfoExplorer/Documentation, get it.  It has all this
information available, and you can even do searches for the various strings.
 
>Jason Heirtzler           (617) 353-2780       jdh@bu-pub.bu.edu
>Information Technology    Boston University    ..!bu.edu!bu-pub!jdh  


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