From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,15d349644a4a019d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-08 00:14:01 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news-out.cwix.com!newsfeed.cwix.com!newsfeed.icl.net!news-x2.support.nl!newsfeed.vmunix.org!blackbush.xlink.net!blackbush.de.kpnqwest.net!news.erfurt.thur.de!drcomp.erfurt.thur.de!not-for-mail From: Adrian Knoth Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: HELP: PC System Call Date: 8 Jun 2002 06:40:39 GMT Organization: Modern Electronics Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: drcomp.erfurt.thur.de X-Server-Date: 8 Jun 2002 06:40:39 GMT User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:25507 Date: 2002-06-08T06:40:39+00:00 List-Id: John Cupak 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 :) -- mail: adi@thur.de http://adi.thur.de PGP: v2-key via keyserver Shakesbeer fuer Alkoholiker: TWO BEER OR NOT TWO BEER