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20030317: ldm 6 and freeBSD

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  • Subject: 20030317: ldm 6 and freeBSD
  • Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 08:13:52 -0700
>From: "Mark J. Laufersweiler" <address@hidden>
>Organization: OU
>Keywords: 200303180532.h2I5WiB2010236 LDM-6.0.2 ldmprods

Hi Mark,

>Just a note, ldmprods does not work without a fix for freeBSD:
>
>%ldmprods
>ls: illegal option -- x
>usage: ls [-ABCFGHLPRTWabcdfghiklnoqrstu1] [file ...]
>No *.stats files found, check logs directory for files.
>%
>%uname -a
>FreeBSD stokes1.metr.ou.edu 4.6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.6.2-RELEASE #0:
>Wed Aug 14 21:23:26 GMT 2002
>address@hidden:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC  i386
>%
>
>
>I munged ldmprods at lines where ls -rx is used and removed the x
>switch. Seems that FreeBSD does not have the switch.

OK, This is being passed along to Steve Emmerson for review.

>Also I removed the "" around clear in system(clear) and I also added
>/usr/bin to the exported path list.
>
>With those changes, ldmprods worked.

Thanks for the mods.  We will get them incorporated in LDM-6.0.3.

Tom