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From: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: Failing op.stat
Message-ID: <6694@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>
Date: 29 Dec 89 04:56:02 GMT
References: <11446@dasys1.UUCP>
Reply-To: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
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In article <11446@dasys1.UUCP> jsb@dasys1.UUCP (Lothar of the Hill People) writes:
: I just made perl on my A/UX system and ran the tests (i.e. typed make test).
: I failed test 31 (op.stat).  What does this mean?  What do I do about it?

If you have a file /dev/printer that is neither a character special file
nor a socket, it doesn't mean anything, other than the test isn't as portable
as I'd like.

Larry