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Xref: sserve comp.unix.user-friendly:2801 comp.unix.solaris:21929 comp.unix.programmer:19601 comp.unix.misc:13669 comp.unix.aux:15214 comp.unix.bsd:14744 comp.unix.aix:43221 Newsgroups: comp.unix.user-friendly,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.programmer,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.aux,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.aix Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!darwin.sura.net!news.duc.auburn.edu!netman.eng.auburn.edu!doug From: doug@eng.auburn.edu (Doug Hughes) Subject: Re: xargs and alias commands Message-ID: <Cv7I45.Iv1@mail.auburn.edu> Followup-To: comp.unix.user-friendly,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.programmer,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.aux,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.aix Sender: usenet@mail.auburn.edu (Usenet Administrator) Nntp-Posting-Host: netman.eng.auburn.edu Organization: Auburn University College of Engineering References: <33af70$8rd@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <33gvms$56a@wombat.cssc-syd.tansu.com.au> <33jk6l$6cq@hamlet.umd.edu> <3552@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov> <33l6j0$jii@hamlet.umd.edu> <3554@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov> Distribution: inet Date: Sat, 27 Aug 1994 18:31:16 GMT Lines: 45 In article <3554@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov>, jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski) writes: > brewer@hamlet.umd.edu (Peter Brewer) writes: > > >In article <3552@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov>, > >Jim Jagielski <jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov> wrote: > >> > >>Well... so much of it depends on what you learned on. Believe it or > >>not, my background is about 55% SysV, 15% SysIII (on a PDP-11 :) ) and > >>the rest BSD. No doubt about it, BSD extensions make UNIX much better, > >>but I like the core of SysV better... don't know why, just do. > >>-- > >> | Jim Jagielski | jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov | V: 301 286-5964 | > ....stuff deleted.... > Of course, SysV has had their share of Good Unix Extensions additions > such as Streams, multiple run-states (init), HDB UUCP... and I like > 'lp' over 'lpr'. > Obiously not a Solaris user. Solaris lp is (IMHO) the most broken piece of software ever foisted on the public. I have nightmares about LP. It has improved dramatically. Now it's just buggy as hell and not completely useless. :) > Of course, we can also blame BSD for sendmail, and rlogin, etc... :) Well, there's that.. :) > ....stuff deleted.... > No doubt, UNIX is mucho better thanks to Berk... I would guess that if > I had to choose between "virgin" SysV and "straight" BSD, I'd go with > BSD , but where can you find "virgin" SysV nowadays. Today, SysV is nothing > more than SysV with lots o' BSD included. > Don't forget semaphores, IPC, message queues. I like them a lot! > Me? Well, my 1st inclination is 'ps -efl' and not 'ps -aux'... Most probably > always will be ;) I'll set aside a moment of prayer on the day that ps -aux goes away. -- ____________________________________________________________________________ Doug Hughes Engineering Network Services System/Net Admin Auburn University doug@eng.auburn.edu "The Light at the end of the tunnel is the headlamp of an oncoming train"