Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!iuvax!bsu-cs!dhesi From: dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: SVR3.0 vs BSD4.3 Message-ID: <2423@bsu-cs.UUCP> Date: 20 Mar 88 16:55:48 GMT References: <12414@brl-adm.ARPA> <4361@megaron.arizona.edu> <7499@brl-smoke.ARPA> Reply-To: dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi) Organization: CS Dept, Ball St U, Muncie, Indiana Lines: 35 In article <7499@brl-smoke.ARPA> gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) ) writes: [arguments why SVR3 is as good as 4.3BSD on all counts] Here are some things I see under 4.3BSD that I don't see under SVR3, unless they are either not documented or I somehow missed them. I'm comparing the full packages, not just the kernels. job control (stop/restart jobs, get status of jobs and know one is stopped for tty input) intelligent echoing to screen (SVR3 seems to blindly echo everything or nothing, can mess up screen, won't redraw partially-typed line, won't align tabs on char erase) intelligent mail handling -- sendmail, MH, biff, vacation "script" for recording terminal session "ul" for underlining when printing on various printers one complete KWIC index for all manuals symbolic links long filenames a user can be in multiple groups user information lookup ("finger", "lastcomm", "last") UUCP over TCP/IP links support for multiple command interpreters with #! as first line of script dbm library--fast /etc/passwd and /usr/lib/news/history access etc. context diffs from diff smarter, friendlier "at" program A note about UUCP: Although theoretically HDB UUCP is the equal of the 4.3BSD UUCP, I constantly hear horror stories on Usenet about how HDB UUCP doesn't work right for one reason or another. I don't hear quite as many horror stories about 4.3BSD UUCP, probably because it has been better integrated into the rest of the system and has had time to stabilize. -- Rahul Dhesi UUCP: !{iuvax,pur-ee,uunet}!bsu-cs!dhesi