From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Rick Hohensee <humbubba@smarty.smart.net>
Message-Id: <200010230223.WAA00818@smarty.smart.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Df command in Plan9?
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
In-Reply-To: <20001022170959.4512B199D9@mail> from "forsyth@caldo.demon.co.uk" at Oct 22, 0 06:06:11 pm
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> thank you.  i suppose the .renamin technique was adopted to allow
> patching binaries.  to draw things back to plan 9,
> i thought the following rule was interesting:

Yes. A simple ed script can convert almost anything. X server source
eludes my script because it has a /name in it somewhere, and I stick
to looking for /name/ . So I edit XFree server bins by hand. There are
other wrinkles here and there, but for the most part it was surprisingly
easy to convert. If I ever get another cLIeNUX out the .names will be the
real dirs, and the symlinks will be the visible names. Then you can just
mv command bin   if you like.

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> ``for a binary to expect a file at a specific full pathname is bad practice.''
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> curiously, that is regarded as standard practice and
> perhaps even essential for both Plan 9 and Inferno.
> o tempora, o mores!
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Well, it's all subjective. Note that I didn't mess with /dev   :o)

Thanks for asking, BTW.

Rick Hohensee