Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!execu!sequoia!rpp386!jfh From: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F Haugh II) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Re: SCO doesn't sell UNIX Message-ID: <18788@rpp386.cactus.org> Date: 7 Dec 90 14:31:53 GMT References: <1990Dec1.225346.16828@NCoast.ORG> <1990Dec02.213409.17190@ka3ovk.irs.GOV> <1990Dec04.003651.13014@jadpc.cts.com> <275E9FD4.377B@tct.uucp> Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F Haugh II) Organization: Lone Star Cafe and BBS Service Lines: 20 X-Clever-Slogan: Recycle or Die. In article <275E9FD4.377B@tct.uucp> chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg) writes: >Dispite my low general opinion of SCO UNIX, this feature I like. > >I don't know about anyone else, but to me, if a shell executes the >command "cat foobarbazxyzzy >foobarbazxyzzy2" and, in the process, >silently truncates "foobarbazxyzzy", that's a bug. it is a POSIX invention. i tend to agree that it is a "good idea", except that noone prior to 1003.1 had ever heard of "_POSIX_NO_TRUNC". this is definitely one of those features that should be "off" by default for AT&T filesystems, given the historical behavior. >Chip Salzenberg at Teltronics/TCT , > "Hi, I'm Chip Salzenberg and I'm a flaming idiot." > -- Chip Salzenborg nice .signature. you should keep this one for a while. ;-) -- John F. Haugh II UUCP: ...!cs.utexas.edu!rpp386!jfh Ma Bell: (512) 832-8832 Domain: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org