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> 
> I have a 6300+ with UNIX and Simul-task installed and I NEED SOME HELP!!
> AT&T--you did a respectible job, but you reference manuals which did not
> come with the system and for which no PEC codes exists to allow you to 
> order the things.  At least the VAR's don't have PEC codes for them.  
> Specifically, right now, I have 2 urgent information needs.
> 
> 1.  When you install a MS-DOS application from the UNIX admin window routines,
>     simul-task goes out and create several copies of the application, using a
>     great deal of disk space.  I have decided I need the disk space, but cannot
>     uninstall the application.  It assumes that there should be an uninstall
>     script for each application.  How can I uninstall the application or can 
>     someone tell me what UNIX and DOS files should be deleted and/or modified
>     to effectively uninstall the application manually.  Because I do not have
>     the information need to accomplish this, number 2 occured as I decided to
>     rebuild the system to free the disk space.
> 
> 2.  When I receive a piece of software I always make a back-up because Murphy 
>     lived.  It has never failed that when I do not, or can not, make a back-up 
>     something happens and I'm waiting for the manufacturer to send me a new copy
>     while I sit dead on the tube.  I have been successful at backing up all the
>     UNIX and Support Tools except the simul-task diskette and you guessed it--
>     due to Murphy, it's trashed.  I have already started the process to get a 
>     replacement, when it comes I want to make a backup.  Can someone please tell
>     me what AT&T has done which makes prevents it from being backed up.  The
>     system recognizes the copy as a copy and then asks for the original.  I 
>     am not trying to steal the software--I own it.  I merely want to have the
>     thing so when stupid sequences of events occur like happened this weekend,
>     I can chalk up 2 hours (rather than weeks) to repair and get on with work.
> 
> Please email responses to ihnp4!we53!jlr.
> 
> Extremely frustrated!!!
> 
> Jan Richardson



Some comments by a local expert on the PLUS:

The only UNIX manual you did not receive with Simul-Task
is the User Reference Manual which has the UNIX manual
pages in it and would not have helped with what you are
trying to do. The 160 page Simul-Task section of the
Operations Guide has the most info about what you are
looking for and is included with each copy of Simul-Task.
If you still want the User Reference Manual it is PEC 1610-223.

Simul-Task does not make mutiple copies of your
application. It only links names of your application to
various directories. All the names point to the same file
stored (only once) on your disk. To remove the application
is a little tricky if you are not familiar with a little
bit of UNIX (a future version of Simul-Task will make
uninstalling easier).  In a nutshell, however, the 
procedure is this:

     1) Use "Program Administration" to take the application out of the
        Programs menu, if applicable.

     2) Verify that the PATH variable in /etc/profile has NOT been updated
        to include the application's directory.  If it has, simply remove
        the application directory and edit /etc/profile to remove it from
        PATH.
     
     3) Otherwise, you need not do anything to /etc/profile and must execute
        the following procedure AS SUPER-USER:
           a) cd <application directory>
           b) for f in *
                 do
                 rm /osm/lbin/$f $f
              done
           c) cd ..
           d) rmdir <application directory>

You should not have had trouble copying the Simul-Task disk. It is simply
a 360K floppy with the DOS system files. You should use the MS-DOS Diskcopy
command and not copy *.* to make sure you get the system files and the right
formatting.


Bill Ortel
AT&T, Lincroft NJ
Product Management, PC 6300 PLUS
(201)576-3242 (mtuxo!wcgo)