Re: HELP: PC System Call

[Adrian Knoth <adi@drcomp.erfurt.thur.de>]

John Cupak <Jcupak744@attbi.com> wrote:

> But, now we've replaced all the UNIX workstations with PCs, and I
> need a similar problem to give the students.

That is your fault. Sponsored by Microsoft? :)

One way is to take your central UNIX-architecture. Using telnet or any
similar remote-login would give you UNIX. This works well for at least
two universities here, where the UNIX-pools can be "extended" by using
the provided X-server from Win2k-machines.

> Does anyone have a nice, simple, Ada 95 "call" to an existing PC
> library function (even a DLL?) that I can substitute for the GETENV
> problem?

Getting the Windows-Login-name could be a question solved by a DLL.

But let me come back to these two universities here: every PC is at least
Dualboot, thus having both, Windows and Linux, mostly Debian. A lot of
stuff is shared via NFS.

I think you should consider a way giving your students UNIX back. They
have a right for it and mankind needs it too (as a counterpart to all
these ugly Windows-stuff, which is probably decreasing intelligence :)

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