It works everywhere else, but not on AIX

[Mike Cuddy]

sanders at cactus.org (Tony Sanders) writes:

>If you are running AIX2.something (on an RT for example) then "df" works the
>way you described (I don't know why), however it should work the way you
>expect on AIX3.1 (RS/6000) unless your directory is unreadable or corrupted.

>In article <1991Apr15.182214.10391 at ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> phil at ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Phil Howard KA9WGN) writes:
>>Is there any way to get machine language output from the C compiler?
>You want to check out the "Compiler Options" in info on AIX3.1 if you
>are on an RS/6000 (I think -qlist does what you want).  That might also
>work for the RT but I can't say for sure because my RT is unplugged.

>For the other stuff you'll need to post more specific information.
>As far as I know read()/write() work correctly on all versions of AIX.

>-- sanders at cactus.org
>Brilliance is typically the act of an individual, but incredible stupidity can
>usually be traced to an organization. -- "More Programming Perls", Jon Bentley
>I am not an IBM representative, I speak only for myself.

I don't know if this is violating non-diclosure agreements ...
(I was, at one time a contracter working in Austin on AIX... )

the first pass at 'df' didn't resolve '.' (stuff before 893?) Myself and
other folks gritched at the developer until he added it... after my nagging
him for a week to add the resolve '.' function (using arguments like,
''well,  it workds everywhere else'') He added a function called 
'resolve_dot_for_mcuddy'  just to get me off of his back (Hi Dean!)

I don't thing the function is called that any more though... peer code reviews
and all ;-)

--Mike Cuddy
"...He's a UNIX hack and he's okay, he works all night and he sleeps all day..."
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