Re: IDS 2000 SOFTWARE
Thanks William, If I were you I'd concentrate on changing something but I digress. Comments to follow... William Raper wrote: > This forum is NOT about flaming people and/or companies, especially about > something that is OBVIOUSLY a matter of opinion. > I forgot to get my rulebook out. Sorry. > One thing you have to learn in the Unix world: EVERYTHING that needs to be > done on a Unix system has at least 3 ways of doing it, and EACH ONE IS > CORRECT. > Ah, <smacks forehead again> I see. > These wars were all fought back in the AT&T vs BSD Unix days, and the battle > turned out to be a draw. > So... for today... let's see, my brain is in overdrive. I guess the vi editor should be right for ALL text editing too? > Just because somebody uses an older AND MORE UNIVERSAL standard distribution > method does not mean that they are incompetent. In fact CPIO is MUCH MORE > UNIVERSAL than tar/gzip, because there are many flavors of Unix (e.g. the > itty-bitty Unix called Solaris) that DO NOT by default install a zip/gzip > utility. (And don't go off on the 'they're incompetent too' tangent.) > > In essence: > > You've stated your opinion. Thanks. You may sit down now. Thanks Bill, since vi is available on ALL UNIX platforms, I think this should be the ONLY format for text editing. Great logic. I love it. Informix continues to do incompetent things, some which waste my time more than others. These time-wasting events cost ME money. By the way, since you're such an authority, did you know that the cpio on Linux is different than the cpio on AIX? I have found no difference in tar on Linux from the tar on my NT box or Windows 98 or UNIX platforms. In fact I depend on tar precisely because of this. Tar is available on all Linux and UNIX and even NT. Is cpio available for NT? No, you are forced to use Setup.exe. In fact tar is more available for NT, because in WinZip it automagically deciphers a tar file simply by pointing and clicking on it. So, please, don't go off on your own rant with me with broken logic it won't fly. :-) Thanks, Tim -- . .- .-- .--- .---- Tim Schaefer .----- tschaefe@bellsouth.net .---- http://www.inxutil.com .--- http://www.datad.com .-- .- .