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Re: The .@sys question again

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Magnus Ahltorp)
Mon Mar 1 13:51:44 1999

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To: Luke Douglas <darkwing@mit.edu>
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Subject: Re: The .@sys question again
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From: Magnus Ahltorp <map@stacken.kth.se>
Date: 01 Mar 1999 19:45:13 +0100
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> I've noticed intermittent discussion on implementing foo.@sys ->
> foo.sysname; it seems to have fizzled out with a couple of (apparently
> partially working) patches. Since it doesn't work in the latest arla, I'm
> assuming those patches weren't incorporated. In any case, I'd hate to
> duplicate effort already in place; so, before I start on it, has anyone
> solved this problem?

For me, the behaviour you describe works. Do you have a testcase for
when this doesn't work?

/Magnus
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