Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!redwood.mips.com From: wje@redwood.mips.com (William J. Earl) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mips Subject: Re: uugetty and /usr/spool/locks (another try) Message-ID: <45028@mips.mips.COM> Date: 18 Jan 91 18:55:09 GMT References: <9101162234.AA07103@fernwood.mpk.ca.us> Sender: news@mips.COM Reply-To: wje@redwood.mips.com (William J. Earl) Organization: MIPS Computer Systems Inc. Lines: 15 In-reply-to: jns@fernwood.mpk.ca.US (Jerry Sweet) In article <9101162234.AA07103@fernwood.mpk.ca.us>, jns@fernwood (Jerry Sweet) writes: >... > George Hartzell asked if there was a problem because of tip vs. cu. > The answer is probably not, partly because tip and cu are linked > together---they're the same program---and partly because some progress > has been made, although it's not entirely satisfactory progress. There are actually two cu programs. /bsd43/bin/cu is just a link to /bsd43/bin/tip, and is of course compatible with 4.3 BSD cu. /usr/bin/cu is a completely different program, and is the SVR3 cu. -- William J. Earl wje@mips.com MIPS Computer Systems 408-524-8172 930 Arques Avenue, M/S 1-03 FAX 408-524-8401 Sunnyvale, CA 94086-3650