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From: martyl@rocksvax.UUCP (Marty Leisner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: looking for DOS greppers
Message-ID: <252@rocksvax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 4-Nov-87 10:02:38 EST
Article-I.D.: rocksvax.252
Posted: Wed Nov  4 10:02:38 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 7-Nov-87 16:55:35 EST
References: <331@gvgspd.UUCP> <312@mks.UUCP> <4651@zen.berkeley.edu> <1061@ucsfcca.ucsf.edu>
Reply-To: martyl@rocksvax.UUCP (Marty Leisner)
Organization: Xerox: Henrietta, NY
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In article <1061@ucsfcca.ucsf.edu> sb5070@cca.ucsf.edu.UUCP (Sean Curry) writes:
>
>I certainly disagree with Tim Iverson. The MKS toolkit is well worth
>the money. You get a large, consistent package of UNIX utilities, with
>a very good manual. Besides the obvious, you get the Korn Shell
>(great!), a code profiler, /etc/init and login so that you can
>maintain separate accounts and logins, etc, etc. You also get good
>telephone support, proper vi - well, you get the picture. Even though
>I had Alan Holub's shell from DDJ and all the public domain stuff that
>has floated around for years, I have dumped it all and switched over
>to MKS.
>

I have to answer this.  I use both the MKS toolkit and the Allen Holub toolset
(shell, grep, etc.).  I primarily use the MKS toolkit when I want to do something
I don't have another tool for.

The primary advantage of the PD stuff is:  source code.

I extensively modified the DDJ stuff to suit my needs.  I'm using Aztec C,
whose crtso routine looks for an environment variable beginning with = for
the command line (as opposed to the 128 byte dos line in the PSP).  Everything
I have source code for magically can accept extended command lines (since my
shell supports the Aztec crtso mechanism).

Generally, all PD software I recompile and modify slightly (i.e. catch the
cntl C signal to abort).  I highly recommend the MKS toolkit as a complete
set for relatively little money -- but whenever possible I try to use PD stuff
if I have it.
  
marty leisner
xerox corp
leisner.henr@xerox.com
martyl@rocksvax.uucp

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marty leisner
xerox corp
leisner.henr@xerox.com
martyl@rocksvax.uucp