Re: New ComOS breaks bpmtools' pm.pl

David Carmean (dlc@silcom.com)
Fri, 21 Jun 1996 13:27:48 -0700 (PDT)

In a previous message, Kevin Kadow wrote:
>
> Having upgraded to ComOS 3.3.1, I notice that nothing using the pm.pl
> library works- apparently Livingston changed the 'undocumented' access
> method to return more data, so pmwho and the like give junk results.
>
> Also, the files are no longer available from ftp.direct.net/pub/Btools/bpmtools/
> is there a better site?
>
> There's a copy on ftp.livingston.com but it is also old.
>

Umm...This is a problem with the way pm.pl is written. Livingston
added stuff to the *end* of the list, but pm.pl parses it
bass-ackwards, so the new stuff is interpreted wrong.

Gary Miller and I have been playing around with it, and he's packaged
something up. I have no idea where the original author, Brian
Pollock, is now. And I'm not clear about the copyright issues on the
tools. We may have to start from scratch.

I think Gary's address is gem@rellim.com, but he'll probably see this
on the list and elaborate.

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