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From: gilbertd@cricket.bio.indiana.edu (Don Gilbert)
Subject: Re: oddity in Apple ad
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In article <009488B0.05E6A3C0@UAVAX0.CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU> citdem@UAVAX0.CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU writes:
>shows an Apple screen running A/UX.  One window - CommandShell 1 - shows the
>output of the "ls" command (apparently executed in root).  One file is named
>"nextunix".  So, folks, what's this?  (I know what I'd like it to be.  I

That is "nextunix" not "NeXTunix".  It just points to another sys file on the
A/UX system.  I don't think it actually does anything useful.
  cricket.root 9 # more nextunix
  /unix

-- Don
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Don Gilbert                                     gilbert@bio.indiana.edu
biocomputing office, biology dept., indiana univ., bloomington, in 47405