Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site amdahl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!nsc!amdahl!canopus From: canopus@amdahl.UUCP (Alpha Carinae) Newsgroups: net.followup Subject: Re: Unix, Unixpeople, Usenix (really IBM Utilities) Message-ID: <2168@amdahl.UUCP> Date: Wed, 30-Oct-85 19:18:50 EST Article-I.D.: amdahl.2168 Posted: Wed Oct 30 19:18:50 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 2-Nov-85 04:23:32 EST References: <96@tekadg.UUCP> <9700101@uiucdcs> <150@mit-eddie.UUCP> <256@ivax.icdoc.UUCP> Organization: RA: 6h 22m 30s; Dec: -52d 36m Lines: 20 > > In article <150@mit-eddie.UUCP> gds@mit-eddie.UUCP (Greg Skinner) writes: > >Unix may have its problems, but I'd rather wander through the man pages, > >documentation and (gasp!) the source code, rather than look through 100 > >IBM manuals trying to find out what IEFBR14 means. > Ian W Moor > How about the system messages manual ? It lists them in order. IEFBR14 is not a system message; it is a dummy utility which does a branch on register 14 (essentially exits once it is called). I would have suggested the OS Utilities manual, but it doesn't seem to be in there, either! Let's face it. All operating systems have their warts. The original article (which I thought quite humorous) could be written about *any* operating system (I've got quite a collection of OS stuff!) -- Frank Dibbell (408-746-6493) ...!{ihnp4,cbosgd,sun}!amdahl!canopus Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA [This is the obligatory disclaimer..]