Roy J. Tellason wrote to Alan Hess on 09-19-1999

RT> Alan Hess wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:
RT> 
RT>  AH> Whilst masticating on , Roy J. Tellason
RT>  AH> (1:270/615) wrote to Alan Hess:
RT> 
RT> AH>> Do I need both the \tcpip and \mptn trees in Warp 4, or can
RT> AH>> the files in the two be combined somehow?  *adh*
RT> 
RT> RJT> Those things are doing stuff at two different levels.  The 
RT> RJT> former handles low-level stuff like what hardware it's talking 
RT> RJT> to,  which protocols are assigned to what,  etc. wile the other 
RT> RJT> handles things at a somewhat higher level of abstraction.
RT> RJT> Why would you want to do that,  anyway?
RT> 
RT>  AH> Because there are some duplicate files in the various trees,
RT>  AH> so I wondered if they could be combined.
RT> 
RT> Well,  whenever I wonder whether I really need some 
RT> particular file or not,  I try renaming it.  Usually to 
RT> something.sav,  and see if anything breaks.  If so,  it's a 
RT> simple matter to put it back the way it was...

Yes, and if you guess right you might even get the next fixpak to
install correctly but If you don't guess right on which to delete...
                                                            
Will Honea 
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