Get rid of the User Agent

Norman Yarvin ins_anmy at jhunix
Sun Jul 9 05:08:09 AEST 1989


These are the files I deleted after installing command.  This list assumes
certain things about your knowledge and about programs you have installed to
replace those that are deleted.  Note that I have not removed all the
programs that perform ua-type functions.  However, these are no longer
executed from ua.

These assumptions are as follows.
	-- you have command, or do not use ua for other reasons
		(I just posted command.  It, in brief, sits on the top of
		the screen and starts up programs in their own windows.)
	-- you have mtools, or will never want to deal with MSDOS disks
		(mtools is a public domain program that deals with MSDOS disks
		more conveniently than ua)
	-- you know how to mount, dismount, copy, and fsck floppies
		(see mount(1m), umount(1m), /usr/bin/fc (floppy copy utility),
		and fsck(1m))
	-- you know how to edit /etc/passwd
		(see passwd(1), passwd(4))
	-- you know how to do backups from the shell
		(see cpio(1), or get afio)
	-- you don't use the Asynchronous Terminal Emulator
		(see cu(1), or use kermit)
	-- you don't use pcal

Note the following:  I have definitely screwed up my system in the following ways:

	- the program /usr/bin/message fails half the time, for unknown
	  reasons.
	- the phone manager sometimes insists that I am not logged in.

Neither of these happened when I removed the files: they happened before,
for unknown reasons.  Thus I make no guarantees about this list of files;
removing them can easily cause minor problems such as the ones above.

In the process of removing most of ua, I also made a list of the various
stand-alone programs that can be executed from a shell, and do things I
don't know how to do.  Here they are, referenced by the menus from which
they are selected using ua.  I have put this file in /usr/doc/ualist:

--------------------------------CUT--HERE--------------------------------
	Function				Program
	--------				-------

Admin/software setup/Remove:		/usr/bin/Uninstall.sh
Admin/software setup/Show:		/usr/bin/Showsoft.sh
Admin/software setup/Install(floppy):	/usr/bin/Install.sh
Admin/software setup/Install(email):	/usr/bin/Instcpio.sh [/usr/spool/uucppublic/filename]
Admin/software setup/Loadable drvs:	/usr/bin/Ldriver
Admin/software setup/Font:		/usr/bin/fsetup

Admin/system information:		/usr/bin/info

Admin/mail setup/name of this system:	/usr/bin/Namesys.sh
Admin/mail setup/name of other systems:	/usr/bin/mailsetup

Admin/update terminfo database:		/usr/lib/ua/terminfo/tiadmin

Admin/hardware setup/Printer:		/usr/bin/lpsetup
Admin/hardware setup/Telephone:		/usr/bin/Phones.sh
Admin/hardware setup/RS232:		/usr/bin/RS232.sh
Admin/hardware setup/Modem:		/usr/bin/Modem.sh
Admin/hardware setup/GSS-Drivers:	/usr/bin/GSS.sh
Admin/hardware setup/GSS-TERMINAL:	/usr/bin/GSS_TERM.sh

Admin/set date&time:			/usr/bin/setdate

preferences/Phone Manager:		/usr/bin/phpref

printers/queue:				/usr/lib/lpqueue
printers/restart:			/usr/bin/Pclear.sh
printers/setup:				/usr/bin/lpsetup
printers/status:			/usr/bin/prstat -u

GSS-TERMINAL:				/usr/bin/terminal.sh
--------------------------------CUT--HERE--------------------------------

The files that you can now delete are as follows:

----------------
(/u/tutor/*)
(/u/install/*)
(/u/<everybody else>/<all files beginning with capital letters>/*)
/etc/fixes
/etc/fixes/pcal
/etc/fixes/pcal.hlp
/etc/fixes/.fixedlist
/usr/bin/password
/usr/bin/wfc
/usr/bin/uahelp
/usr/bin/uaupd
/usr/bin/.!.
/usr/bin/pwdmenu
/usr/bin/tutor
/usr/bin/Users.sh
/usr/bin/Ulogin
/usr/bin/Restore.sh
/usr/bin/Backup.sh
/usr/bin/Diagnos.sh
/usr/bin/Fcopy.sh
/usr/bin/Fformat.sh
/usr/bin/Fformat10.sh
/usr/bin/FlpyChk.sh
/usr/bin/Funlock.sh
/usr/bin/practice
/usr/bin/md_format
/usr/bin/msdos
/usr/bin/MsdosF.sh
/usr/bin/MsdosR.sh
/usr/bin/MsdosW.sh
/usr/bin/md_write
/usr/bin/async_main
/usr/bin/.umodem.tmp
/usr/bin/ua
/usr/lib/ua/1200bps:Am
/usr/lib/ua/300bps:Am
/usr/lib/ua/9600bps:A2
/usr/lib/ua/.blanktime
/usr/lib/ua/.kshrc
/usr/lib/ua/Backup.menu
/usr/lib/ua/Backuser.menu
/usr/lib/ua/Comm_pkgs
/usr/lib/ua/Login.form
/usr/lib/ua/Environment
/usr/lib/ua/DEVSuffixes
/usr/lib/ua/Hardware
/usr/lib/ua/Mail
/usr/lib/ua/Office
/usr/lib/ua/Software
/usr/lib/ua/admin.hlp
/usr/lib/ua/example.hlp
/usr/lib/ua/Floppy
/usr/lib/ua/mailsetup.hlp
/usr/lib/ua/Administration
/usr/lib/ua/Others
/usr/lib/ua/phone.hlp
/usr/lib/ua/Preferences
/usr/lib/ua/Printers
/usr/lib/ua/te.hlp
/usr/lib/ua/ua.hlp
/usr/lib/ua/uaTermList
/usr/lib/ua/uasetx
/usr/lib/ua/uasig
/usr/lib/ua/uaterms
/usr/lib/ua/windows.hlp
/usr/lib/ua/Restore.form
/usr/lib/ua/Restore.menu
/usr/lib/ua/Restyn.form
/usr/lib/ua/User.form
/usr/lib/ua/keymap
/usr/lib/ua/kmap.510a
/usr/lib/ua/kmap.510d
/usr/lib/ua/kmap.5410
/usr/lib/ua/kmap.5420
/usr/lib/ua/kmap.5425
/usr/lib/ua/kmap.5620
/usr/lib/ua/kmap.610
/usr/lib/ua/kmap.b513
/usr/lib/ua/kmap.hp
/usr/lib/ua/kmap.s4
/usr/lib/ua/kmap.s5
/usr/lib/ua/kmap.tvi925
/usr/lib/ua/kmap.vt100
/usr/lib/termhelp
----------------

					Norman Yarvin
	yarvin at cs.jhu.edu, (seismo!umcp-cs | allegra!hopkins) !jhunix!ins_anmy

  "Many artists have used explosives in their work, but the results have
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