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From: dsm@prism.gatech.EDU (Daniel McGurl)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sequent
Subject: Re: ptx conversion
Keywords: Dynix ptx
Message-ID: <27702@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Date: 30 Apr 91 19:17:48 GMT
References: <4972@syma.sussex.ac.uk>
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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In article <4972@syma.sussex.ac.uk> stevedc@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Stephen Carter) writes:

>Does anyone have any words of wisdom for us before we start the hard
>slog?

Yes, don't expect much system stuff to transfer.

Here are the big problems that we've had with PTX.

1)  No socket library:  PTX uses streams instead of sockets, so anything using
    sockets has to be modified.

2)  The machine supports symlinks, but doesn't have a non-POSIX lstat.
    Thus, if you have a home-grown backup program that isn't posix, you
    may well have to re-write it.

3)  THe software is very immature.

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