Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!uwvax!oddjob!gargoyle!ihnp4!chinet!nucsrl!ram From: ram@nucsrl.UUCP (Renu Raman) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: vms vs unix Message-ID: <3680018@nucsrl.UUCP> Date: Sun, 24-May-87 03:37:36 EDT Article-I.D.: nucsrl.3680018 Posted: Sun May 24 03:37:36 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 26-May-87 01:29:57 EDT References: <7494@brl-adm.ARPA> Organization: Northwestern U, Evanston IL, USA Lines: 36 > Well, then I suggest you check out tcsh. We've been running it here for >at least 3 years on a VAX running UNIX, and since we got it off of the net, >I think it might have been running even before that. It has all of the command >line editing, and it will run on any ascii crt terminal. [much deleted] The sources that I have comes across, have been for VAX. Funny that the sources has(d) a file doprnt.c, which was actually vax assembler than a C source file. While porting tcsh to a Gould machine, I relplaced doprnt.c with a copy of doprnt.c from the csh sources of Gould machine all worked fine and dandy. One could use "printf.c" from "vi". Actually, a friend of mine used vi's copy from a VAX while porting tcsh to a SUN 3/160 !! Now, to a problem that VMS solves (I believe) and UNIX does not (again I believe). I run a looong troff and it gets spooled on printer LaserX. Then I realize, spooler for LaserX is grungy and somehow (either daemon has died or simply a hardware problem with LaserX) files get spooled to the printer queue, but not printed. Now, in my installation, I have LaserY, which could be used too. Instead of re-running troff, if I could just respool it to printer queue of LaserY, I would save lots of CPU time as well as cribs from other users (Imagine a 300 page troff) Any suggestions, as to how this could be done on say BSD4.3? ------------------- Renu Raman UUCP:...ihnp4!nucsrl!ram 1410 Chicago Ave., #505 ARPA:ram@eecs.nwu.edu Evanston IL 60201 AT&T:(312)-869-4276