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Subj:	BOSS 4.1

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From: karney@theory.pppl.gov (Charles Karney)
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To: sra@idx.com, hdavids@mswe.dnet.ms.philips.nl, arisia::EVERHART
Subject: BOSS 4.1
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Reply-To: Karney@princeton.edu
 
Glenn Everhart gave me some changes to BOSS 4.1 (restoring his option of
closing the log file -- now on C-e; and initializing the prefix for the log
file name).  In addition, I noticed that /auto_stuff was not working (only
the first character was getting received).  I fixed this by the kludge of
sending the characters individually, as the pre-PTD code does.  So
version 4.2 is now available in
 
    lyman.pppl.gov:pub/vax/boss
 
Please give it a spin...
 
Glenn: here are the diffs from the version 4.1a you gave me:
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File KARNEY$:[BOSS]BOSS.C41A;1
   56   still need the pseudo TTYs installed).  If BOSS doesn't with PHY_IO
   57   privilege, then it won't be able to set the terminal type of the process
******
File USR:[UTILITY.BOSS]BOSS.C42;264
   56   still need the pseudo TTYs installed).  If BOSS doesn't have PHY_IO
   57   privilege, then it won't be able to set the terminal type of the process
************
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File KARNEY$:[BOSS]BOSS.C41A;1
  645           strncpy(otpline[n], def_stuff_buf, def_stuff_len);
  646           PTD$WRITE(py_chn[n], 0, 0, otpline[n] - 4, def_stuff_len, 0, 0);
  647   /* check for completion! */
  648       }
******
File USR:[UTILITY.BOSS]BOSS.C42;264
  645         for (i = 0; i < def_stuff_len; i++) {
  646           otpline[n][0] = def_stuff_buf[i];
  647   /*      strncpy(otpline[n], def_stuff_buf, def_stuff_len); */
  648           PTD$WRITE(py_chn[n], 0, 0, otpline[n] - 4, 1, 0, 0);
  649   /* check for completion! */
  650         }
  651       }
************
 
   Charles Karney
   Plasma Physics Laboratory	  E-mail:  Karney@Princeton.EDU
   Princeton University		  Phone:   +1 609 243 2607
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