topic Re: Poor portability program in Operating System - HP-UX

Poor portability program

Chun-Pang Li — Tue, 05 Jun 2001 05:23:16 GMT

Hi,

Is there any simple way to code a "poor portability" program? A simple example would be very helpful.

Someone did suggest that use mlib or pstat. But I need a sample program.

Thanks,

Re: Poor portability program

Christopher Caldwell — Tue, 05 Jun 2001 11:34:01 GMT

What do you mean by poor portability?

Re: Poor portability program

Chun-Pang Li — Tue, 05 Jun 2001 23:33:12 GMT

Which means a program is hard to compile on the other platform (eq, cause a lot of code change, make file, etc.)

Re: Poor portability program

Bill Hassell — Wed, 06 Jun 2001 01:15:58 GMT

Probably the easiest way to find non-portable examples is to read section 2 man pages (at the bottom of each page) looking for 'developed by HP' and no other standards mentioned or manufacturers mentioned. Also, coding kernel entry points such as might be used with adb is a good way to keep programs from working on other systems.