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From: jon@hitachi.uucp (Jon Ryshpan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Touch under Vp/ix
Keywords: Vp/ix
Message-ID: <468@hitachi.uucp>
Date: 13 Aug 90 22:40:37 GMT
Reply-To: jon@hitachi.UUCP (Jon Ryshpan)
Organization: Hitachi America - Semiconductor & IC Div.
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There appears to be a bug in Interactive 386 Unix which prevents a
number of programs from working properly.  The clearest example is
Borland's "touch", part of the Turbo C package.  "touch file" has no
effect on any of the 3 dates in the inode.  This applies to versions
2.02 and 2.2 (at least.)

Also jove will not shorten an edited file; if you make a file shorter
using jove under Vp/ix you will find old junk at the end of it.  This
does not happen in native DOS.

Does anyone know exactly what's going on?  Does anyone have a fix?

Please reply *BY MAIL*, since my site doesn't receive this newsgroup.

Jonathan Ryshpan		<...!uunet!hitachi!jon>

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