RE: Re[2]: Re: OFF-TOPIC SUN vs. HP

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dgoulet_at_vicr.com [mailto:dgoulet_at_vicr.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 16:37
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: Re[2]: Re: SUN vs. HP
>
> ...
> only the core was there, but not totally. I've a book of
> standard Unix commands
> as recognized by ANSI and I haven't found one on HP that does
> not work as
> advertised, although HP many times provides a shortcut like
> 'll' instead of 'ls
> -al'.

Actually, the "-a" in the "ll" command is only active for the root user, AFAIK. Others need to explicity specify the "a" option to get all the dot files.

Why? Damned if I know. Coming from OpenVMS, these Unixy things are a pain in the buttocks. Faster then hell, but a pain to admin.

Rich Jesse                          System/Database Administrator
Rich.Jesse_at_qtiworld.com             Quad/Tech International, Sussex, WI USA


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