docindex for current RHEL

[Brian K. White]

which vs whence vs yet other similar commands is nit a linux/sco thing, it's 
the shell, bash, vs ksh, vs other

if you were in bash on sco, you'd still have no "whence"
if your were in ksh on linux, you'd still have a "whence"

bash, ksh, zsh, and several others are all available on all platforms and 
are actually used, so don't assume "well yeah, but bash isn't on sco..."

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Raymond Scheel" <raym0nds at yahoo.com>
To: <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 12:45 PM
Subject: Re: docindex for current RHEL


> Bob:
>
> Thank you for the pointer to where docindex/bldindex is supposed to live. 
> After some poking around using that pointer as a reference I found a copy 
> of the updated version tucked away on our (sporadically maintained) 
> testbed machine.   Apparently the entire ./util/ tree was not installed on 
> the (brand new) production server, which was why I didn't find it when I 
> searched the production machine to see if we already had a copy when I was 
> asked to look into this...
>
> I had figured out I needed to be using od instead of hexdump in between 
> first posting and my message making it through the filters to hit the 
> list, but I was glad to get the confirmation on teh correct command line.
>
> As a note to anyone searching on this topic later that might have an 
> issue, it does appear that the linux system function "which" will work in 
> place of the supplied script "whence", though both have the same result 
> currently.
>
> At this point I'm actually having more luck with the version of docindex I 
> updated than the newer one (and have not touched bldindex yet).  I'm still 
> poking to see if those issues are just path strangeness from the way we 
> have everything shotgunned and pulled back together where KISS is the best 
> approach or if there is a good long-term reason to fix things in the 
> environment so the "stock" updated version works.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ray Scheel                          http://ScheelMedia.com
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> ------------------------------
> Date:
> Tue,
> 5
> Feb
> 2008
> 14:47:06
> -0500
> From:
> Bob
> Stockler
> <bob at trebor.iglou.com>
> Subject:
> Re:
> docindex
> for
> current
> RHEL
> To:
> filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Message-ID:
> <20080205194706.GA12816 at trebor.iglou.com>
> Content-Type:
> text/plain;
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>
> Raymond
> Scheel
> wrote
> (on
> Tue,
> Feb
> 05,
> 2008
> at
> 09:59:38AM
> -0800):
>
> |
> First,
> is
> there
> a
> version
> of
> docindex/bldindex
> that
> someone
> has
> already
> |
> updated
> to
> work
> on
> 'current"
> versions
> of
> Redhat?
> If
> so,
> just
> a
> pointer
> |
> and
> ignore
> the
> rest
> of
> this.
> |
> |
> If
> not,
> I'm
> working
> on
> automating
> index
> rebuilds
> using
> the
> |
> docindex
> /
> bldindex
> scripts
> available
> for
> download.
>
> I
> am
> pretty
> close
> |
> (I
> get
> output
> now
> that
> I've
> turned
> "whence"
> into
> "which"
> and
> "#typeset
> |
> -u
> PFINDX"
> into
> "declare
> PFINDX")
> ,
> but
> think
> where
> I
> am
> stumped
> is
> on
> |
> on
> translating
> the
> SCO
> "hd"
> command
> into
> the
> Redhat
> "hexdum"
> near-equivalent.
> |
> |
> #
> get
> the
> full
> pathname
> of
> 'hd'
> into
> the
> command
> we'll
> be
> using:
> |
> #CMD="$(which
> hd)
> -bda
> -n
> 140
> "
> |
> CMD="$(which
> hexdump)
> -c
> -n
> 140
> "
>
> I
> had
> long
> ago
> changed
> it
> in
> my
> script
> to:
>
>
> CMD="
> $(whence
> od)
> -t
> u1
> -A
> d
> -N
> 140
> "
>
> |
> Thanks
> in
> advance
>
> If
> you
> have
> filePro
> 5.0.06
> or
> later
> (including
> 5.6.x),
> look
> in
> $PFPROG/fp/util/bin.
> There
> you'll
> find
> docindex
> and
> bldindex
> scripts
> that
> Jerry
> Raines
> reworked
> to
> run
> on
> Linux.
> Read
> his
> comments
> at
> the
> top
> of
> each
> of
> them.
>
> Bob
>
> -- 
> Bob
> Stockler
> +-+
> bob at trebor.iglou.com
> +-+
> http://members.iglou.com/trebor
>
>
>
>
>
> 
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