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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA1169 ; Tue, 23 Feb 93 14:28:38 EST Xref: sserve comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains:2694 comp.unix.xenix:10590 comp.unix.sysv386:26945 biz.sco.general:3929 comp.unix.bsd:11080 Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains,comp.unix.xenix,comp.unix.sysv386,biz.sco.general,comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!ihz.compuserve.com!sam From: sam@csi.compuserve.com (Sam Neely) Subject: Re: Listing of all Internet addresses??? Message-ID: <C2At2D.n0B@csi.compuserve.com> Organization: CompuServe Incorporated References: <1l1kkfINNe0m@fbi-news.Informatik.Uni-Dortmund.DE> <JAAPJL.93Feb8164406@cmb00.larc.nasa.gov> <1993Feb9.035242.27126jp@tygra.Michigan.COM> Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1993 19:06:12 GMT Lines: 21 In article <1993Feb9.035242.27126jp@tygra.Michigan.COM> jp@tygra.Michigan.COM (John Palmer) writes: > >dig and host are nice if you have a BERKELEY system. Neither of them work >under System V or Xenix and thus are USELESS to half (or more) of the >UNIX population. Please people, I for one am getting tired of seeing posts >which say "there is this wiz-bang pd software that can do everything - just >ftp it from a.host.com, etc", only to find its nothing but a piece of s*** >since it only runs under convoluted Berkeley. I hope USL wins their lawsuit >and forces BSD to comply with real UNIX standards. So take the time and port it to SysV. It's not that difficult. Hell, I ported host to SVR3(ISC) a couple of years ago with absolutely 0 knowledge of BSD or SVR3. I had it running in about 30 minutes. [Before you ask, no I do not have it around anymore. I'm playing with SVR4 and BSD these days.] -- Sam Neely, CompuServe Incorporated +1 614 538 3718 (voice) 5000 Arlington Centre Blvd, Columbus, OH 43220 +1 614 457 0348 (FAX) Electronic Mail: InfoPlex: >CSI:SAM Internet: sam@csi.compuserve.com To err is human, to forgive is against company policy