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From: jfh@rpp386.UUCP (John F. Haugh II)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: relative pathname question!
Message-ID: <5361@rpp386.UUCP>
Date: 12 Aug 88 07:58:11 GMT
References: <1670003@hpcilzb.HP.COM> <5762@super.upenn.edu> <5103@rpp386.UUCP> <61@minya.UUCP>
Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.UUCP (The Beach Bum)
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In article <61@minya.UUCP> jc@minya.UUCP (John Chambers) writes:
                                          ^^^^
>In article <5103@rpp386.UUCP>, jfh@rpp386.UUCP (John F. Haugh II) writes:
                                                 ^^^^
>> sure is, and a damned clever one at that.  its called "sub-system root".
>> look up chroot(2) in your unix manual.
>
>Too bad we don't all have source.  Is there perhaps a PD version of tar
>lurking about somewhere?

sure is.  and you guessed it, it was written by john gilmore (i think).
                                                ^^^^
it can be found in comp.sources.unix, volume 12, issues 68, 69 and 70.

aren't us `john's such wonderful people 8^)
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