SUMMARY: DU 4.0B y2k compliance or not

From: Ronny Eliahu <ronny_eliahu_at_corp.disney.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 97 12:03:49 PST

     Many thanks to the following in helping me out with 'at' command and
     feedback on y2k in general. Just for clarification.. my goal is to
     prepare couple of 4100s running 4.0B as much Year 2000/Millennium
     compliance as possible so my business units can perform their "date
     tweaking" y2k testing using oracle, sybase, and other home grown
     applications.
     
     Another problem I ran into was difference between korn shells on
     Digital UNIX 3.2C and 4.0B
     
     Checkout this:
     
     On Digital UNIX 3.2C /usr/bin/ksh is 136 MB
     On Digital UNIX 4.0B /usr/bin/ksh is 132 MB.
     
     Some on my scripts that calls subscripts within the main scripts would
     not work with korn shell provided with 4.0B, the temporary workaround
     was to copy ksh from 3.2C system.
     
     My recommendation: If you are planning upgrade to 4.0B, save your 3.2C
     or 3.2G korn shell --you will need that.
     
     I have logged a call with Digital regarding this problem. I will
     update you when I hear from them.
     
     I would like to hear if anyone else ran into this problem.
     
     
     Thanks,
     
     Ronny
     
     The Walt Disney Company
     Disney Studios, Burbank California
     
     ----------------------------SUMMARY-----------------------------------
     
     Dr. Tom Blinn, 603-881-0646" <tpb_at_zk3.dec.com>
     
     Digital UNIX V4.0B doesn't claim to be fully Y2K compliant. We are
     working very hard to make Digital UNIX V4.0D be fully compliant. We
     are about to go into our first field test for V4.0D, with a second
     field test kit available around the end of July. The target for
     shipping product is this fall.
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     dbowman_at_sph.jhu.edu
     
     Digital is not claiming to be Y2K compliant until a release of DU
     later this year. A DU version named "Steel" will be released near
     December that is supposed to complete the OS change to Y2K compliancy.
     
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     "Charles M. Richmond" <cmr_at_iisc.com>
     
     As per the manpage.... try:
     
     echo "hi" | at -t 199706180650
     
     Unless specified with an option, 'at' takes the cmd from stdin, not
     from the commandline.
     
     Charles Richmond
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     Loosh <mlucius_at_dwc.edu>
     
     If it's of any interest, Digital is planning full y2k compliance for
     DUNIX for V4.0C, due out in October of this year.
     
     "Degerness, Mandell" <Mandell.Degerness_at_gems2.gov.bc.ca>
     I would suggest that you use the "at -t" command using a "here" file.
     
     i.e.:
     
     #!/bin/sh
     # This command runs at 4:10 AM on Feb 29th of the year 2000 at -t
     200002290410 << EOT
     echo "hi"
     EOT
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Received on Thu Jun 19 1997 - 21:23:21 NZST

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