Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!mailrus!iuvax!uceng!kamat From: kamat@uceng.UC.EDU (Govind N. Kamat) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: HP-UX problems and suggestions (s800) Message-ID:Date: 1 Oct 89 19:25:31 GMT References: <1717@zen.co.uk> <245@zircon.UUCP> Organization: College of Engg., University of Cincinnati Lines: 20 In-reply-to: davidb@Pacer.UUCP's message of 28 Sep 89 14:52:24 GMT In article <245@zircon.UUCP> davidb@Pacer.UUCP (David Barts) writes: > [Also, why is /usr/lib/mvdir present, since mv(1) uses rename(2)? > Does something else use it?] Yes. Anything that moves directories in an SYS V compatible way. Rename(2) is a BSD-ism. SYSV has /usr/lib/mv_dir, a binary which needs to be setuid root. I think Frank is talking about the *script* /etc/mvdir which needs to be run by root; there is no /usr/lib/mvdir on HP-UX. I don't think that script is needed, just as /etc/link and /etc/unlink are unnecessary; it is probably necessary for customers to point this out before HP gets rid of them. -- Govind N. Kamat College of Engineering kamat@uceng.UC.EDU University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA