From: Dan Cross <cross@math.psu.edu>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Oooops...where is ls -R gone?
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 12:02:56 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200108171602.MAA16458@augusta.math.psu.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010816013325.0875A19B08@mail.cse.psu.edu>
In article <20010816013325.0875A19B08@mail.cse.psu.edu> you write:
>> There was no find in research Unix, AFAIK, but I never used it directly
>> (except older PDP-11 versions on emulators). find(1) is too limited; you
>> have everything you need with du and the shell.
>
>No, it was there, in 6th and 7th editions and thereafter. A
>xenograft from USG, but there, albeit with a BUGS section
>saying "The syntax is painful."
Whoops; okay, I stand corrected.
> > Hmm... In terms of Unix, it would be nice if something >7th ed could
> > make it's way out of Bell Labs. I think at this point, it'd be more for
> > historical or academic interest than anything else. I wonder what SCO
> > would have to say about the issue?
>
>There are those chipping away at this. Part of the problem
>is that the SCO Unix property is (or has) transitioned to Caldera.
>Yet another new company in which to find someone who can make
>a decision.
Isn't Caldera very much into the whole, ``opens source'' bit? Perhaps
that can be leveraged.... Of course, I can sympathize with the dealing
with a new company's beaurocracy issue. On a personal note, if I can do
anything to assist with the efforts of those working on this, I'd be
more than happy to offer what limited resources I have.
- Dan C.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-08-17 16:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-08-16 1:32 dmr
2001-08-17 8:49 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2001-08-17 12:11 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-08-17 16:02 ` Dan Cross [this message]
2001-08-21 16:32 ` Jon Snader
2001-08-21 19:04 ` Re[2]: " Matt
2001-08-21 20:29 ` Jon Snader
2001-08-22 8:21 ` Caldera source [ was Re: Re[2]: [9fans] Oooops...where is ls -R gone? ] Aharon Robbins
2001-08-24 17:01 ` [9fans] Re: Caldera source Ralph Corderoy
2001-08-21 22:30 ` [9fans] Oooops...where is ls -R gone? Dan Cross
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-08-16 12:12 rog
2001-08-09 2:33 anothy
2001-08-08 9:38 forsyth
2001-08-08 7:27 pac
2001-08-08 7:49 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-08-08 8:17 ` pac
2001-08-15 17:11 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-08-15 18:02 ` Dan Cross
2001-08-15 23:22 ` Boyd Roberts
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