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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!in-news.erinet.com!imci5!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uuneo.neosoft.com!web.nmti.com!peter From: peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Re: How to delete files within C programs Date: 9 May 1996 22:27:55 GMT Organization: Network/development platform support, NMTI Lines: 34 Message-ID: <4mtrhb$mph@web.nmti.com> References: <Oum-El-Kheir.Benkahla-3004961724540001@mac-ugm-3.imag.fr> <4msovu$aep@innocence.interface-business.de> <4mt4j6$b32@web.nmti.com> <4mtd96$75q@news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: sonic.nmti.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.misc:22596 comp.unix.bsd.misc:971 In article <4mtd96$75q@news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de>, Henry G. Juengst <juengst@saph1.physik.uni-bonn.de> wrote: > In article <4mt4j6$b32@web.nmti.com>, peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva) writes: > >In article <4msovu$aep@innocence.interface-business.de>, > >J Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de> wrote: > >> juengst@saph1.physik.uni-bonn.de (Henry G. Juengst) wrote: > >> > Unix magazines are full of "64 bit unix" advertisements now. > >I haven't got Henry's posting here yet, but I'll just note that UNIX has > >been running on long word length machines like Crays for many years. > It is stupid to talk about an article which was not quoted correct > (complete). You do not know what you are talking about. The most > important point seems to be that you talk. [whereupon Henry proceeds to completely ignore my factual response that 64-bit UNIX is not a new thing, as he was implying, demonstrating exactly the flaw that he accuses me of... and in addition provides absolutely no information of his own, which at least I did... Pot. Kettle. Black. You know the routine. Here's the meat:] > >Why are there suddenly a bunch of ads? Because there's suddenly market > >demand for these sorts of systems at the low end. There wasn't before. > >Where did this demand come from? I'd say, the availability of cheap > >(relatively) and reliable 9GB SCSI drives, and the joint Oracle and > >Digital Equipment anouncement of their high-peformance large-address > >space database servers. -- Peter da Silva (NIC: PJD2) `-_-' 1601 Industrial Boulevard Bailey Network Management 'U` Sugar Land, TX 77487-5013 +1 713 274 5180 "Har du kramat din varg idag?" USA Bailey pays for my technical expertise. My opinions probably scare them