Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!purdue!spaf From: spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) Newsgroups: news.misc Subject: Changes to Answers to Frequently Asked Questions Message-ID: <8322@medusa.cs.purdue.edu> Date: 17 Oct 89 05:34:14 GMT Expires: 15 Jan 90 05:34:14 GMT Organization: Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue Univ. Lines: 64 Supersedes: <7856@medusa.cs.purdue.edu> This posting contains a listing of differences between the version of the article (referenced in the "Subject:" line) just posted to the news.announce.newusers group, and the version posted a few weeks ago. It is intended to enable experienced users to track changes to the regularly posted Usenet documents. *** /tmp/fo123101 Tue Oct 17 00:32:42 1989 --- /tmp/fo223101 Tue Oct 17 00:32:42 1989 *************** *** 5,7 Original-from: jerry@eagle.UUCP (Jerry Schwarz) ! [Most recent change: 3 Sep 1989 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)] --- 5,7 ----- Original-from: jerry@eagle.UUCP (Jerry Schwarz) ! [Most recent change: 17 Oct 1989 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)] *************** *** 71,73 tr A-Za-z N-ZA-Mn-za-m ! On some versions of Unix, the "tr" command should be written as: tr "[a-m][n-z][A-M][N-Z]" "[n-z][a-m][N-Z][A-M]" --- 71,73 ----- tr A-Za-z N-ZA-Mn-za-m ! On some versions of Unix, the "tr" command should be wrxchangeitten as: tr "[a-m][n-z][A-M][N-Z]" "[n-z][a-m][N-Z][A-M]" *************** *** 339,342 cost by obtaining volume discounts. Charges are calculated to ! recover costs. The Usenix Association is currently sponsoring this ! service. --- 339,341 ----- cost by obtaining volume discounts. Charges are calculated to ! recover costs. *************** *** 407,409 ! 31. I see BTW (or "btw") and RTFM in postings. What do they mean? --- 406,408 ----- ! 31. I see BTW (or "btw"), wrt and RTFM in postings. What do they mean? *************** *** 409,411 ! BTW is shorthand for "by the way." --- 408,410 ----- ! BTW is shorthand for "by the way." WRT is "With respect to". -- Gene Spafford NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center, Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004 Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spaf