Re: R utilities, addresses, etc.

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On Thu, 20 Oct 1994, Alexander L. Haiut wrote:

>   Hi..
> 
> > On a pretty-close-to-related issue, why can't the r utitiles handle ip
> > addresses?  Seems to be a glaring omission.
> 
>   Interesting question.. On SunOS, Ultrix (BSDs ?!) r* commands don't work
>   with IP, but on IRIX and AIX (sysV ?!?) it works.
> 
>   That's just results of test.. but why ?!  Thank you!

If a site has an IP address, it could potentially run the rpc services.  

ObBug: argh, can't think of any more.  We need more bugs!
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Charles Howes -- chowes@helix.net
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