Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
Path: utzoo!censor!geac!itcyyz!xrtll!silver
From: silver@xrtll.uucp (Hi Ho Silver)
Subject: Re: Don't strip /xenix (the w command complains)
Reply-To: silver@xrtll.UUCP (Hi Ho Silver)
Organization: Yeah, right.
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 91 23:55:36 GMT
Message-ID: <1991Jan12.235536.12144@xrtll.uucp>
References: <1991Jan11.183916.261@wcbcs.uucp>

In comp.unix.xenix.sco, grwalter@wcbcs.uucp (Fred Walter) typed:
$In a previous article I asked why I shouldn't strip /xenix.... I just found
$out. At least one command (w - it complains with "can't find namelist" or
$some such thing) doesn't like it.

   ps also won't like you, and that's a pretty important command (if you
don't believe me, take a look through /etc/shutdown).  In fact, anything
that needs to look at the process table will probably break if you strip
/xenix.
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