Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!bcstec!misty!jsadler
From: jsadler@misty.boeing.com (Jim Sadler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: /system/*/pif ????
Message-ID: <1150044@misty.boeing.com>
Date: 4 Nov 90 00:58:35 GMT
References: <1150040@misty.boeing.com>
Organization: Boeing Commercial Airplane BCS Support
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/ misty:comp.sys.hp / jad@hpcndnm.cnd.hp.com (John Dilley) /  1:12 pm  Nov  2, 1990 /
>In article <1150042@misty.boeing.com> jsadler@misty.boeing.com (Jim Sadler) writes:
>
>> / misty:comp.sys.hp / paul@prcrs.UUCP (Paul Hite) /  8:29 am  Oct 30, 1990 /
>> In article <1150040@misty.boeing.com>, jsadler@misty.boeing.com (Jim Sadler) writes:
>> >> Does anyone know if the /system/*/pif files are of any use ?
>> >> 
>> >
>> >With 7.0, HP ruined all of this.  The unsupported pifck has been replaced by
>> >a supported pdfck.  But the /system/*/pdf files are all missing.  To top it
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>	Actually, there is good news in addition to the bad news that
>the bogus pif files went away ... (?)  The good news is there are now
>/system/*/pdf files (which correspond to the supported pdfck utility),
>which hopefully are not full of bogus information.  My understanding is
>the pdfck utility is supported at 7.0 and beyond (it's on my 8.0 system
	
	I've look at my 7.0 8xx machine and I found pdfck but I didn't 
	find the pdf files.  Any idea where they maybe ?
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>	I hope you find the pdfck tool to be useful.  I have.  Regards,
>
   It sounds useful.
>                          --      jad      --
>			      John Dilley
>			    Hewlett-Packard
>                       Colorado Networks Division
>UX-mail:      		     jad@cnd.hp.com
>Phone:                       (303) 229-2787
>--
>This is not an official statement from Hewlett-Packard Corp., and does not
>necessarily reflect the official position of HP.  The information above is
>provided in good faith but completely without warranty of any kind.
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jim sadler
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