Frank,
posix runs within MPE/iX.
If you have set the UDC file (User defined command) HPPXUDC.PUB.SYS on a system
wide level via
:SETCATALOG HPPXUDC.PUB.SYS;SYSTEM;APPEND
all users with the system prompt can invoke posix vi
:SH
Make sure that it will "pop up" without any error messages but MPE/iX 6.0 should
have fixed some (well known) problems in setting the access rights for some HFS
directories within MPE system ...
No reboot is needed - the group HPBIN.SYS contains everything you'll need. The
links are in
/bin (visible via :LISTFILE /bin/@,2). Posix is integrated part of MPE (since
5.x) with no additional license fee. More information is avaiable on the web
http://docs.hp.com under Mpe documentation MPE shell and utilities Vol 1 and 2.
Basically, most of the "normal" Posix commands will work in posix shell on MPE
as expected.
The tar problem is basically not a tar problem but a restore problem. Normally
you should be able to do the needed actions as supposed but here I'm not the
expert - I didn't test such tape handling. But I'm sure that a tar'ed file on
HP-UX transferred via FTP to MPE (posix) can be extracted via the standard tar
xf option.
Best regards, Andreas Schmidt, CSC, Germany
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Subject: TAR AND THE POSIX SHELL
Hi all,
I am new here, and new to the HP as well. I have a few questions about what
I have seen here and what I have not been able to look up in the HP's online
doc CD ROM, so please bear with me.
The first question: TAR - I know this is a Tape ARchive utility, I have a
tape that was made on an HP running UNIX that made the tape using TAR, It
contains a file I need to run a conversion with. I am running on an HP3000
929-020, MPE/ix Ver 6.0 with Power Patch 1. All I can find on the CD-ROM
is how to check to see if TAR has been set up with your tape drive. This I
was able to do and it is, and that is all I can find, in the same blurb it
was stated it was part of POSIX. I have the commands used to create the
tape, and I managed to find a UNIX for dummies book at work that explains
the options for extracting the file, but I'm not sure where it will extract
it to, and if I will need to do another conversion called FROMBYTE, to be
able to work with the file. The file is an ASCII file.
The second question: POSIX - Is this a shell that runs over MPE/IX? Can it
be invoked on a user by user basis, or is it system wide and requires a
reboot? How do I tell if it is available on our system to run? Does it
require an additional license to run? Where can I find more information on
it, or once it starts, is online help available, and if so how is it?
Thanks in advance for all responses.
Frank Girard
J. Baker Inc.
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