From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 3838 invoked from network); 3 Sep 2020 14:31:37 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 3 Sep 2020 14:31:37 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id CBBFF9C14E; Fri, 4 Sep 2020 00:31:31 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F5D89C09E; Fri, 4 Sep 2020 00:30:52 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 6AB959BFDB; Fri, 4 Sep 2020 00:30:49 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 1202 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Fri, 04 Sep 2020 00:30:48 AEST Received: from neener.bl.org (neener.bl.org [50.116.26.109]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E57739B6A9 for ; Fri, 4 Sep 2020 00:30:48 +1000 (AEST) Received: from www.bl.org (neener.bl.org [50.116.26.109]) (authenticated bits=0) by neener.bl.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPSA id 083EAjXk012656 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 3 Sep 2020 09:10:45 -0500 (CDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2020 09:10:45 -0500 From: Michael Parson To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Organization: BL dot ORG In-Reply-To: References: <8e7efd45-a84e-cf20-9d30-8222357596a3@tnetconsulting.net> <202007200847.06K8l8DF026646@freefriends.org> <20200720094648.GE15253@ancienthardware.org> <20200801013605.GG10778@mcvoy.com> <20200813014720.GP21027@mcvoy.com> Message-ID: <5888bb8d9bdd59f770412111f19b17da@bl.org> X-Sender: mparson@bl.org User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/1.3.8 X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (neener.bl.org [50.116.26.109]); Thu, 03 Sep 2020 09:10:45 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Re: [TUHS] A/UX [was Linux is on-topic] X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On 2020-08-31 16:12, Dave Horsfall wrote: > On Wed, 12 Aug 2020, Grant Taylor via TUHS wrote: > >>> The SMIT I had did*not* show you what files it was editing >> >> My recollection is that smit(ty) did /not/ show you the commands that >> would be run /by/ /default/. >> >> That being said, there was a (P)F key you could press prior to >> executing, one of the many (P)F keys smit(ty) used, that would show >> you the command and all of it's arguments which would be run. > > It's possible that the system in question was set up by my > predecessor; my basic job was to maintain a rather large application > on it and the other boxen (financial/sales/factory/etc, all in one); > this was many years ago. > > Never heard of "smitty". 'smit' is the X11 GUI, 'smitty' is the text TUI (play on 'smit' + 'tty'). IIRC, if you had $DISPLAY set, 'smit' would present the GUI version, if not, it would automagically call 'smitty' for you. -- Michael Parson Pflugerville, TX KF5LGQ