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From: rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly)
Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent
Subject: Re: Pathalias, makedb enquiry
Message-ID: <9104230701.02@rmkhome.UUCP>
Date: 23 Apr 91 16:19:00 GMT
References: <1991Apr21.200115.17787@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>
Reply-To: rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly)
Organization: The Man With Ten Cats
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In article <1991Apr21.200115.17787@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> dtinker@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (David Tinker) writes:
>I downloaded "pathalias" source from BIX.  It compiles under Coherent
>with very little tweaking required, and I was able to generate a table
>of paths for all sites in the u_can_on map (Ontario, Canada).  However
>the associated file 'makedb.c' that generates a 'dbm' database from path-
>alias output won't compile because it requires the dbm library, libdbm.a.
>I note that cnews uses 'sdbm' to search a dbm database.

Yes, sdbm is included with the Cnews distribution.

>Thus, two questions:
>1) Is libdbm.a available on piggy or anywhere else?  If someone has it
>   I'd like to get it, or its equivalent (including a man page if
>   possible).

>2) Is pathalias available on piggy?  (It wasn't on mwcbbs last time I
>   looked).  If not, would someone, more familiar with ftp than me, like
>   to upload it?  Looks like a lot of people might need it soon.


The paths database for the world is now up to about 1.7 megs.  You should
probably have lots of memory, if you are going to include all the maps when
you run pathalias.

Or find a smart site to connect to, and let it do your routing for you.

Rick Kelly	rmk@rmkhome.UUCP	frog!rmkhome!rmk	rmk@frog.UUCP