Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!rutgers!mtunx!mtuxo!wmh
From: wmh@mtuxo.UUCP (W.HYLAND)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: 6386 <-> 3B1 floppy compatibility?
Keywords: AT&T 6386 WSG, AT&T 3B1 UNIX PC, floppy disk
Message-ID: <1951@mtuxo.UUCP>
Date: 31 May 88 17:07:05 GMT
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Organization: AT&T, Middletown NJ
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> Does Robert Arrigo or anyone else by any chance have a "man" page or
> other documentation on /etc/.cpiopc?  Or simply pointers on its use? 
> And can anyone explain what this extremely important program is doing
> hidden in /etc with a "." in front of its name?  Thanks. 
> 
> -- Prentiss Riddle ("Aprendiz de todo, maestro de nada.")
> -- Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of my employer.
> -- riddle%woton.uucp@cs.utexas.edu  {ihnp4,uunet}!ut-sally!im4u!woton!riddle

The /etc/.cpiopc works as documented in the 6300plus User Reference Manual.
This is where it came from and was included to facilitate the installation
of 6300plus applications. [Note: 6300plus application binaries work without
the need for modification on UNIX System V/386 Release 3.1 and later.]

This was undocumented since Release 3.1 and later use a different installation
mechanism and documenting the cpiopc method would continue to promote the old
habit.