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From: mlandau@bbn.com (Darleen, 7)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: Blasted 8 digit error codes!
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Date: 6 Oct 90 03:24:01 GMT
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lindner@cs.umn.edu (Paul Lindner) writes:

>Is there any way to suppress the 8 digit error codes on AIX 3.1 on the
>RS/6000?  

Set your language environment to "C" instead of "USEnglish" or whatever
the default is.  This will cause at least MOST of the AIXV3.1 utilities 
to revert to standard perror-style error messages.