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[Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>]

I think it would be simplest if we just used the e3pi that Steven 
compiled, an older version that does not require anything to do with tail, 
and I hope it will be included (along with e3) in the next version of BL.
An extra 4K file size is better than needing a 24K file (tail), or having 
to make an empty directory, or whatever might be going on.  

Can the 13K e3pi be used also as e3 and e3vi etc?


On Mon, 2 Feb 2004, Ian Scott wrote:

> 
> > > Do you have an e3pi that you got when you compiled and if so 
> > > please try it out without tail, or with busybox tail in the 
> > > right place (linked), thanks.  
> > 
> > I've already done that (temporarily removed tail from my system)
> > and my e3pi worked fine.  
> > 
> > > e3pi (the one I compiled)
> > > /usr/bin/tail:  Not a directory
> > > gzip:  stdin:  unexpected end of file
> > > Cannot decompress usr/local/bin/e3pi
> > 
> 
> Aha - this is saying that /usr/bin/tail is not a directory (which it isn't,
> it's an executable).
> 
> What happens if you delete the tail in /usr/bin and try mkdir /usr/bin/tail.
> 
> Perhaps e3pi is doing something wierd like using /usr/bin/tail/ as a 
> directory
> to store stuff in ??????  Seems wierd, but that's what the error message
> looks like.
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