ÔHIS FILE WAS SUBMITTED BY ÇREGG ÒIEDEL (THE ÁUTHOR). ÔHANKS GOES OUT TO HIM ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (ÓEE THE ÃHANGES ÆROM V3.10 AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS DOCUMENT...) ÎOTES ÆOR ÕNIX 128 VERSION 3.11 ÇREGG ×ILLIAM ÒIEDEL 16 ÍARCH 1992 -------------------------------------- ÕNIX 128 IS DISTRIBUTED AS FOUR ÁÒÃ FILES (UNIXA-D.ARC) AND THIS FILE. ÔHE ÁÒÃS WERE CREATED USING ÁÒÃ128 UNDER ÃÓ-ÄÏÓ. ÂUILDING THE SYSTEM: 1. ÄISSOLVE THE FOUR ÁÒÃ FILES. ÔHESE ARE ÎÏÔ SELF-DISSOLVING; USE AN ÁÒÃ UTILITY TO DISSOLVE THEM. ÔHE FILES CREATED SHOULD FIT ONTO AN EMPTY DOUBLE SIDED 5.25" DISKETTE. 2. ÒUN THE PROGRAM "MAKE" (I.E. ÒÕÎ "ÍÁËÅ" ). ÔHIS WILL CREATE A SLEW OF DATA FILES (WRITE THEM TO THE SAME DISK AS THE UN-ÁÒÃ'D FILES). ÌOGGING IN FOR THE FIRST TIME: 1. ÌOAD THE SYSTEM BY TYPING ÒÕÎ "ÓÔÁÒÔÕÐ" 2. ÁFTER THE SYSTEM LOADS, ENTER THE USERNAME 'ROOT' AND THE PASSWORD 'ROOT'. 3. ÁT THE SYSTEM PROMPT (%), TYPE 'FSCK'. ÔHIS WILL RUN THE FILE SYSTEM CONSISTENCT CHECK PROGRAM, WHICH WILL CREATE A NEW DIRECTORY STRUCTURE ON THE CURRENT DISK. ÆOR ÈELP: ÉT IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU READ THE FIRST FEW PAGES OF THE INTRODUCTORY DOCUMENT SUPPLIED. ÄO THIS BY TYPING 'MORE INTRO.1 INTRO.2'. ÔHE COMMAND 'MORE' WILL DISPLAY A LIST OF FILES, PAUSING AT THE BOTTOM OF EACH SCREEN; PRESS [ÓÐÁÃÅ] TO CONTINUE OR [Ñ] TO QUIT. ÁLSO, TO FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH THE COMMANDS, A MANUAL BROWSER HAS BEEN PROVIDED; IT IS INVOKED BY TYPING 'BROWSE'. ÔHERE IS A TERSE (I.E. UNIX-STYLE) MANUAL PAGE AVAILABLE FOR EACH COMMAND. ÁCCESS THE MANUALS BY TYPING 'MAN COMMAND-NAME'. Á COMPLETE LIST OF COMMANDS CAN BE PRINTED BY TYPING 'COMMANDS'. ÇOOD ÌUCK! ÇREGG ÒIEDEL ÉNTERNET: CONSP24@BINGUNS.POD.BINGHAMTON.EDU ÕÓÐÓ: 20 ÅLLBERT ÓT. ÓMITHTOWN ÎÙ 11787-1910 (HOME) ÓÕÎÙ-Â ÈILLSIDE#14184 Ð.Ï. ÂOX 6014 ÂINGHAMTON ÎÙ 13902-6014 (SCHOOL) (ÓUPPORT ÓHAREWARE!!!) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ÃHANGES SINCE VERSION 3.10: É COULDN'T BELIEVE THE AMOUNT OF ERRORS AND OMISSIONS THAT É ALLOWED TO SLIP THROUGH IN VERSION 3.10. ÅRROR TESTING IN A PROJECT OF THIS SIZE IS IMPOSSIBLE.... ÈERE'S A COMPLETE LIST OF ERRORS THAT WERE FIXED, AND ERRORS THAT REMAIN: ÅRRORS IN VERSION 3.11 (ÎÏÔ ÆÉØÅÄ): ----------------------------------- 1. ÔHE NEW SHUFFLE FOR ÐÕÚÚÌÅ IS INTELLIGENT (I.E. WILL ALWAYS OUTPUT A SOLVABLE PUZZLE), BUT MAKES THE PUZZLE TOO EASY... A NASTIER SHUFFLE IS NEEDED. 2. ÔHERE IS A REPORT OF A ÄÉÒ ÅÒÒÏÒ WHEN 'MORE .PASSWD HELP.TXT >OUTFILE' IS TYPED; É OFTEN GET DIRECTORY ERRORS SO É CANNOT VERIFY THIS ONE. ÉN GENERAL, HOWEVER, THE FOLLOWING WILL ÎÏÔ WORK: EXT_COMMAND ARGS > SOMEFILE ÔHIS IS BECAUSE EXECUTING AN EXTERNAL COMMAND (BY THIS É MEAN EXTERNAL TO THE SHELL; EXAMPLES ARE CAT, OD, HGREP...) CLOSES THE OUTPUT FILE... É CAN PROBABLY FIX THIS, BUT IT'LL BE UGLY :( 3. É FORGOT #11 ON THE WUMPUS MAP! ÏOPS. 4. ÃOMMODORE ÒÁÍÄÏÓ AND ÁBACUS' ÂÁÓÉÃ 128 COMPILER ARE INCOMPATIBLE. ÓO ÒÁÍÄÏÓ STILL DOESN'T WORK WITH THIS PACKAGE. ÓTUPID ÅRRORS, ÆEATURES, AND ÔYPOS THAT WERE FIXED: --------------------------------------------------- (ÔHANKS GO OUT TO ÊOHN (CS202124@UMBC5.UMBC.EDU) FOR ALL HIS HELP IN TRACKING DOWN AND KILLING ALL THE UNDESIRABLE FEATURES...) 1. ÉN BROWSE, Ð (PRINT) DIDN'T WORK. 2. BDIFF, DIFF, AND CMP COULDN'T HANDLE BINARY FILES. É ADDED -T (TEXT) AND -B (BINARY) COMMAND LINE OPTIONS TO DEAL WITH THIS. 3. ÓCRIPT FILES HAD TO BE OF TYPE (P) ÎÏÔ (S) AS CREATED BY EMACS AND CAT>FILENAME. ÓCRIPTS CAN NOW BE ÓÅÑ FILES. 4. ×HEN YOU USE >> LIKE 'LS >> LISTING' AND THE FILE LISTING DOESN'T EXIST, IT WILL GIVE YOU SOME SORT OF FILE NOT OPEN ERROR AND EXIT TO BASIC. 5. FSCK WOULDN'T WORK WITH SUBDIRECTORIES AT ALL. 6. CP NEEDED ALMOST A COMPLETE RE-WRITE! 7. DELETE DID NOTHING. 8. ÔHE FILE AND SIZE COMMANDS DIDN'T WORK. 9. 'GREP -I' DIDN'T WORK. 10. LOCK DIDN'T WORK WITH ÐÒÇ FILES. 11. ÉN MAIL, 'S' (SAVE A MESSAGE) DIDN'T WORK. 12. ÔHE RENAME PART OF 'MV' DIDN'T WORK. 13. ÌPR AND PR DIDN'T WORK FOR ÐÒÇ FILE TYPES. ÎO BIG DEAL. 14. PUZZLE DIDN'T DETECT A WIN. 15. 'RM' DELETED THE FILE FROM THE DISK, BUT NOT FROM THE DIRECTORY (ROOT.DIR). 16. 'SHAR' JUST STALLED AND DID NOTHING. 17. ÔHE SPLIT FILE COUNT IS ONE TOO LOW. 18. 'STYLE INTRO.1' DIDN'T WORK, BUT STYLE WORKED ON ALL OF THE OTHER TEXT FILES... ÔHIS WAS BECAUSE STYLE COULDN'T HANDLE WORDS OVER 50 CHARACTERS LONG. 19. 'LS -LO' WAS ÕÇÌÙ!! 20. ÉN 'OD', UNPRINTABLE CHARACTERS LIKE [ÃÌÒ] WEREN'T SCREENED OUT; THIS WAS VERY UGLY FOR ÐÒÇ FILES. 21. PS SHOULD SHOW THE PROCESSES THAT ARE RUNNING (SHELL, PS, AND THE PRINT JOBS). 22. 'TAR' JUST STALLED AND BASICALY DID NOTHING. 23. ZCAT ONLY WORKED WITH (N-1) FILES (I.E.: 'ZCAT A B C D' WOULD ONLY SHOW FILES A, B AND C.