Re: Announcing "xtoz"

Keith Williamson (keith@PrimeNet.Com)
Sat, 28 Jan 95 16:35 PST

Peter,

Thanks for the quick response.
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> If it runs under SVR4 you should have no trouble porting to solaris;
> I think that the linux port should be high on your list too.

Yes, the Solaris port will be a no brainer. The trick will be to find
a Solaris box with a willing owner. There are several at work so I will
try to wheedle my way onto one of them. This week I will add some little
endian conditionals to the source and then perhaps subcontract the linux
port out to someone else.

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> I have a couple of suggestions for features:
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> If you're going to keep it freeware, stick it under a GPL.

Please excuse my ignorance but what is a GPL??

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> An automatic backup/restore facility would be very nice; most unix boxes
> have got a gig or two of disk hanging off them these days, and
> backing up the entire zoomer b: and c: contents into a directory on
> the unix host can't be much more difficult than what you already have going.
>

Yes, that's a great idea. I think I'll let that be a v1.1 issue though so
I don't hold this up too long.

> Thanks again for what sounds like a marvellous utility.
>
> Pete.
>
Thanks! Hope you like it.

Best regards,

Keith