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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 09:12:44 -0800 (PST)
From: "Eric J. Schwertfeger" <ejs@bfd.com>
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Subject: Re: 'GET A LIFE' doesn't work
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On Mon, 31 Mar 1997, sameer wrote:

> Why doesn't:
> 
> echo '[q]sa[ln0=aln256%Pln256/snlbx]sb3135071790101768542287578439snlbxq'|dc
> 
> 	work as expected on freebsd?

it's the freebsd dc command.  if I replace "dc" with "rsh Arch0 dc" where
Arch0 is an Esix (ick) system where the above line produces the expected
result, then I get the expected result.