> From: Hoxsie, Howard [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>
> Can someone help me?  I want to:
>
> 1)      copy the /APACHE/PUB/httpd.conf file to an ASCII file
> in MPE space such as /APACHE/PUB/HTTPDCNF
> 2)      then I want to link it to the copy in POSIX space so
> that I can use editor to change the MPE copy and have those
> changes show up in the POSIX copy.
>
> Why?  vi.  I have a "thing" about vi.  I've learned to accept that.
>

I feel your pain. However, /APACHE/PUB/httpd.conf is a bytestream file and
therefore cannot be worked on with EDITOR, symbolic link or no symbolic
link. Generally, it is a bad idea to change bytestream files to MPE-type
files and expect the application, in this case Apache/iX, to act as if
nothing had changed. You could use frombyte to create an MPE-type file, edit
that and then use tobyte to convert back to a bytestream file. But that gets
old fast. What I always recommend is get Samba/iX (thanks to Lars Appel)
running first (if you use SWAT you may be able to avoid any messiness
setting up Samba/iX). Then you can use your favorite PC editor to edit
bytestream files such as httpd.conf directly from your PC.  HTH

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