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From: ab3@stat-l (Rsk the Wombat)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Another quick note on "S"
Message-ID: <59@stat-l>
Date: Fri, 18-May-84 14:00:38 EDT
Article-I.D.: stat-l.59
Posted: Fri May 18 14:00:38 1984
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Organization: Pucc Unix Systems Group
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(Maybe we need a mailing list for S...)

The shell script ~s/S which is created when you SYSGEN the S package
has a line in which reads:

0)	if test ! -w .; then echo Cannot write in directory `pwd`; exit 1; fi

Unfortunately, [under 4.2] the test *always* fails (since mere mortals cannot 
write in a directory); this is not desirable behavior.  This is because 
test(1) uses access(2) in a reasonable, but perhaps not quite optimal, way.
So, until we get around to hacking test(1), the fix to ~s/S is:

Delete that line!

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Rsk the Wombat
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