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=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 13296 invoked from network); 10 Jul 2020 05:13:22 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 10 Jul 2020 05:13:22 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 8AB1794EFB; Fri, 10 Jul 2020 15:13:17 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F62694EB8; Fri, 10 Jul 2020 15:11:55 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=messagingengine.com header.i=@messagingengine.com header.b="LD/1uSjI"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 102BD94EB8; Fri, 10 Jul 2020 15:11:52 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 390 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Fri, 10 Jul 2020 15:11:50 AEST Received: from forward5-smtp.messagingengine.com (forward5-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.239]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EBE5294585 for ; Fri, 10 Jul 2020 15:11:50 +1000 (AEST) Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.nyi.internal [10.202.2.42]) by mailforward.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD1F61942F77 for ; Fri, 10 Jul 2020 01:05:18 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend2 ([10.202.2.163]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Fri, 10 Jul 2020 01:05:18 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-me-proxy:x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender :x-sasl-enc; s=fm3; bh=Q9jGfbxML8wcrmEsgZDc4kOG9K1K4RbNE9zWH/pxf gQ=; b=LD/1uSjI0luKhqSB2tKQRzx59CAjOVG8cQkW00KFYZtrfnhj1mIM8tbOo wMqrX4HBQJ4Dp49Pu493KHjvwxsCmOu/nTMgNM5Nx72HKjhyexSmA+f8kabn0oSP ijHc7TV0ZRGneiJ6/0bzpkLjxlYknLmFTGHZTmTbDDMBheJ2yXWMWAgrZp0XFc1i 2YMAzamUIhE0RPZSSrvXd6EC1sT/+bPLsXq3N89gBdX+h0+LCPJ1fuoD+D4M1lJC h1RU3cke1Fn0Q3k0cW/6VqmJurvdE0qfzFJuVaTPbV4xgcrq7vGSaYs6BVJ9I2cK V955TRYjRKwcc3fk5pJ8oxL1SIs2Q== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduiedrvddtgdeludcutefuodetggdotefrodftvf curfhrohhfihhlvgemucfhrghsthforghilhdpqfgfvfdpuffrtefokffrpgfnqfghnecu uegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecunecujfgurheptggguffhjgffgffkfhfvofesthhqmh dthhdtjeenucfhrhhomhephghinhcuvfhrvggvshgvuceothhrvggvshgvsegrtghmrdho rhhgqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpeejteejudffheehudejgfdvhedvhefhueetgeejvd egheejjeeljeevieejveevteenucfkphepuddtkedrgeelrdduhedurddufeelnecuvehl uhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghilhhfrhhomhepthhrvggvshgvse grtghmrdhorhhg X-ME-Proxy: Received: from cirocco.treese.org (pool-108-49-151-139.bstnma.fios.verizon.net [108.49.151.139]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 49EBA30600A6 for ; Fri, 10 Jul 2020 01:05:18 -0400 (EDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 12.4 \(3445.104.14\)) From: Win Treese In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2020 01:05:17 -0400 X-Mao-Original-Outgoing-Id: 616050317.5996521-42cc5e963694b3afa9936e3608ba64b8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <202007061919.066JJ51w031385@freefriends.org> To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.104.14) Subject: Re: [TUHS] v7 uucp debugging help requested 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 Jul 6, 2020, at 4:48 PM, Clem Cole wrote: >=20 >>=20 >> I never thought of that; I've always tried what works in ed, namely: >>=20 >> s/foobar/foo\ >> bar > need a closing / for ed, but ex/vi accepts the naked version. In the mid 1980s, when I was working at MIT=E2=80=99s Project Athena, one day Jerry Saltzer (MIT CS professor, known for work on CTSS and Multics, among other things, and Technical Director for Athena) called me into his office.=20 He was trying to edit a file with ed on his IBM PC/RT workstation, which was running IBM=E2=80=99s variant of 4.2BSD on it, and he wanted to know why his search /foo wasn=E2=80=99t working. I typed /foo/, and everything was fine. He looked at it and muttered, =E2=80=9COh, you have to end it with a = slash? When I wrote this for CTSS, you didn=E2=80=99t need to do that.=E2=80=9D - Win