Sorry for the bone-headedness (if that's a word). I was looking at the patches
from my v2.1 system. Apparently the object file format has changed slightly
since then. When I look at the files from my v3.2c systems, everything is fine.
I believe the word "compressed" in the output of the file command shows the
culprit in this case.
<drew_at_biosphere> file */*.o
v20/clock.o: COFF format alpha executable or object module not stripped -
version 3.11-4
v20b/clock.o: COFF format alpha executable or object module not stripped -
version 3.11-4
v30/clock.o: COFF format alpha executable or object module not stripped -
version 3.11-6
v30b/clock.o: COFF format alpha executable or object module not stripped -
version 3.11-6
v32/clock.o: COFF format alpha executable or object module not stripped -
version 3.11-8
v32b/clock.o: COFF format alpha executable or object module not stripped -
version 3.11-8
v32c/clock.o: alpha compressed COFF executable or object module not stripped -
version 3.11-8
v32d/clock.o: alpha compressed COFF executable or object module not stripped -
version 3.11-8
One other minor curiosity, when I perform the "what" command on the compressed
files, another permanent/temporary file is created. It seems that in order for
the "what" command to work, the file must be uncompressed, since the resulting
file is larger. Also, subsequent runs of the "what" command produce additional
permanent/temporary files.
<drew_at_biosphere> ls
clock.o
<drew_at_biosphere> what clock.o
clock.o:
$RCSfile: clock.c,v $ $Revision: 1.2.19.2 $ (DEC) $Date: 1996/02/07
18:22:09 $
<drew_at_biosphere> ls
clock.o clock.oZaaruCa
<drew_at_biosphere> file *
clock.o: alpha compressed COFF executable or object module not stripped -
version 3.11-8
clock.oZaaruCa: COFF format alpha executable or object module not stripped -
version 3.11-8
<drew_at_biosphere> ls -l
total 16
-rw-r--r-- 1 drew users 5666 Feb 7 13:29 clock.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 drew users 10080 Feb 27 09:57 clock.oZaaruCa
I'm starting a 'find / -name "*.oZ*" -exec rm {} \;' right now. I'm sure I'll
get at least a Gig back :)
Thanks to the following who shook the cobwebs from my brain:
Mike Iglesias <iglesias_at_draco.acs.uci.edu>
"Richard L Jackson Jr" <rjackson_at_portal.gmu.edu>
fabrice_at_cisk.atmos.Ucla.EDU (Fabrice Cuq)
Tom Barkanic <intrepid!tb_at_uunet.uu.net>
Paul Rockwell <rockwell_at_rch.dec.com>
bremner_at_cs.mcgill.ca
chu_at_musp0.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Eugene Chu)
"Bob.Capps" <Bob.Capps_at_pscmail.ps.net>
-drew
Received on Tue Feb 27 1996 - 16:40:54 NZDT