[TUHS] A/UX [was Linux is on-topic]

Dave Horsfall dave at horsfall.org
Tue Sep 1 07:12:12 AEST 2020


On Wed, 12 Aug 2020, Grant Taylor via TUHS wrote:

>> The SMIT I had did*not*  show you what files it was editing
>
> My recollection is that smit(ty) did /not/ show you the commands that 
> would be run /by/ /default/.
>
> That being said, there was a (P)F key you could press prior to 
> executing, one of the many (P)F keys smit(ty) used, that would show you 
> the command and all of it's arguments which would be run.

It's possible that the system in question was set up by my predecessor; my 
basic job was to maintain a rather large application on it and the other 
boxen (financial/sales/factory/etc, all in one); this was many years ago.

Never heard of "smitty".

-- Dave


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