On Mon, 2 Dec 1991 13:17:08 CST Landy Manderson said:
>On Mon, 2 Dec 1991 13:40:47 -0500 <[log in to unmask]> said:
>>On Mon, 02 Dec 91 13:24:35 -0500 [log in to unmask] said:
>>> /WHOIS is available from LISTSERV@PUCC
>>
>>True. It is available as is, no support. If a future release of
>>LISTSERV causes /WHOIS to stop working, I will not fix it. If some
>>soul on the network chooses to fix it, then they can send me the new
>>version to post. I am still amazed that people use this.
>
>We are using /WHOIS here rather heavily.  If it breaks, we will be in bad
>shape.  Are there any recommendations for what to install instead of /WHOIS?
 
Given the size of LSV$WHO, it is unlikely to break, unless Eric chages
the format of the SIGNUP FILE.  I would imagine a utility to convert it
and Eric mentioning the change to the file, so there probably would be
some time to fix it.  It's also kind of hard to imagine that with the
number of sites running it, that some kind sole wouldn't fix it.
(Even if it has been abandoned by its father. :-)
 
Also, as Juan mentioned, /WHOIS is kind of a pig.  I have a version
that uses LSVFILER instead of EXECIO, that I keep promising to send to
Michael.  It means you have to have room for all SIGNUP FILE in memory.
(There, I just sent Michael my copy.  Maybe he'll post it as LSV$WHO2
or something.
/ahw