TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

TITLE:  PTF271 - doscp patch
DATE:  12OCT95
README FOR:  PTF271
PRODUCT and VERSION:

UnixWare 1.1


Installation Instructions:  

DATATYPE: datastream

1.  Download the ptf271.Z and ptf271.txt files to the /tmp directory  
    on your machine.

2.  Read the release notes contained in this file and follow the 
    instuctions to add the package to your system.

3.  Now become root, uncompress the file and add the package to your 
    system using the following commands:

        $ su
        # uncompress /tmp/ptf271.Z
        # pkgadd -d /tmp/ptf271

ENGINEERING RELEASE NOTES
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Title
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PTF271 - doscp patch

Product And Version
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UnixWare 1.1.1, UnixWare 1.1.2, UnixWare 1.1.3, UnixWare 1.1.4

Abstract
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This patch installs the following updated file:

        /usr/bin/doscp


Symptom
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This patch is to fix the following two problems:
1)
doscp(1) command returns successfully when the file system is full.
As a result, the destination file size is less than the original file size
but the users never know unless they check it.
2)
When executing doscp(1) command to copy a unix file to a dos file system
with the absolute path, it failed with the following message:

	$doscp /etc/passwd a:/passwd
	doscp: no matching target pathname


SOLUTION SPECIFICS
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General Description.
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This patch eliminated the above symptoms. The new doscp(1) command
will report an error message when the file system reaches full and
will allow the target dos file with the full path specified.

New Features.
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None

Software Notes and Recommendations.
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	This PTF can be installed on UnixWare 1.1.1 thru 1.1.4 systems which
	have the Enhanced Application Compatibility (acp) package installed. 

Testing of the modified software contained in this package has been
conducted only to the extent necessary to confirm that it resolves the
problem(s) stated above ("Symptom").  Such testing consists of
recreating the problem conditions and verifying that the problem no 
longer occurs.  No other testing of this software has been done.

Hardware Notes and Recommendations.
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This PTF is targeted for the i386, i486 and Pentium CPU's.