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From: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Larry Walls Patch program for SCO UNIX
Message-ID: <2544@sixhub.UUCP>
Date: 9 Dec 90 14:51:20 GMT
References: <114@gizzmo.UUCP> <18327@netcom.UUCP> <18329@netcom.UUCP>
Reply-To: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (bill davidsen)
Organization: *IX Public Access UNIX, Schenectady NY
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In article <18329@netcom.UUCP> aed@netcom.UUCP (Andrew Davidson) writes:

| does any one know where I can get a version of Larry Walls patch program
| that runs in SCO ODT UNIX.  I have a version that copys the files with
| the extension .orig. sco only allows files to have 14 chars in there name
| Supposedly there is a version that rename files to #

  There's an option when you compile which uses a single character
instead of .orig. I think the character is ~ rather than #, but no
matter. I use it even on the version I have for V.4, where I do have
long names. The longer name just makes directory listing larger.
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