Re: return code wierdness

Rsh is the restricted shell rsh is remote shell (or remote login), however you want to look at it.. ...at least last time I checked... Christopher Cale -------------------------------------------------------------------- Christopher Cale Internet: chrisc@spamis.jcdc.eta.gov Systems Administrator Metrica, Inc. Voice: 1-800-598-5008 205 6th St. San Marcos, Tx USA (This space reserved for a cute logo) 78666-9007 All opinions are from the voices in my head and nowhere else. -------------------------------------------------------------------- On Tue, 13 Sep 1994, Rytis Grybauskas wrote: } In <CvtCBw.21v@hcia.com> brena@news.hcia.com (Brian D. Renaud) writes: } } } >: Problem 0: } } >: rsh is restricted shell, you probably mean remsh. } } >Not on his hardware/operating system. "rsh" has traditionally been the } >BSD command for remote shell. From the solaris man page: } } >rsh(1) User Commands rsh(1) } > } } My NCR SVR4 Unix man pages are found under "rsh", but the "actual" } command is "remsh". The first time I encountered this I said, } "What the f-----" rsh was the restricted shell. Finally I just } laughed. Sometimes I think Un*x has reached the limit on two and } three letter system executables. Hmmm, that's 26X26X26... no, we could } use digits..., plus a few symbols... 40x40x40... } } Gee, maybe we should start using .exe and .com extensions... } } I had a batch file the other day on a PC that tried to run a protected } mode SQL engine give me the weirdest error, something about 8086 } incompatibility (it was a 486). The errorlevel acted as if it had } executed perfectly normally... Maybe we need more return codes too ;-) } } } More :-)'s... } } } ___________________________________________________________________________ } Rytis Grybauskas <rytis@osh1.OSHA.GOV> U.S. Dept. Of Labor/OSHA/OMDS/FSSB } 200 Constitution Ave. N3661 } just contractor scum unworthy of my Washington DC 20210 202-219-6251 } federal employer, so what I say is meaningless... } -- } } rytis } } --------------------------------------------------------------------------- }