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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Command interfaces
Message-ID: <6949@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: 6 Jan 88 06:58:14 GMT
References: <432@cresswell.quintus.UUCP> <106600024@datacube> <208@pyuxf.UUCP>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <208@pyuxf.UUCP> robf2@pyuxf.UUCP (robert fair) writes:
-In article <106600024@datacube>, ftw@datacube.UUCP writes:
-+ aglew@ccvaxa.UUCP writers:
-+ > Well, in the days before I came to UNIX (using Whitesmith's on a PDP with
-+ > RT-11, if I remember correctly), I used to do:
-+ <code example deleted>
-+ Gee, why didn't you use getflags() ?
-Well, I guess I'm stupid because never heard of getflags(). Nor has my
-Unix (V.2) manual. So, gee, why don't you enlighten us all ?

Why would you expect a UNIX manual to document Whitesmiths C for RT-11?