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From: Terry Lambert <terry@cs.weber.edu>
Subject: Re: Problems with FTP install over SLIP
Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 1995 21:41:37 GMT
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jkh@violet.berkeley.edu (Jordan K. Hubbard) wrote:
]
] In article <daves.6.00002188@interlog.com>,
] David Shadoff <daves@interlog.com> wrote:
] >The problem is because the touch command is not included in the 'stand'
] >directory (or at least not in the immediate path).
]
] Thank you for reporting this problem! The slip installation is indeed
] something that's been scarcely tested.
]
] I'll work on fixing it now (though, to tell the truth, I'm more inclined
] to fix cu/tip to not complain so bitterly about this :-).
Replace with:
touch()
{
for i in $*
do
cat /dev/null >> $i
done
}
Terry Lambert
terry@cs.weber.edu
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or previous employers.