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From ajs@hpfcajs.UUCP Wed Apr 12 16:31:05 1989
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From: ajs@hpfcajs.UUCP
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Subject: place.1
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Reply-Path: rutgers!hplabs.hp.com!hpfcla!hpfcajs!ajs
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Written by Alan Silverstein, Hewlett Packard, circa 1983:
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PLACE(1) Parody Systems PLACE(1)
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NAME
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place - print and set the system location
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SYNOPSIS
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place [ [-v] [-]ddmmss[-]dddmmss ] [ +format ]
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DESCRIPTION
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If no argument is given, or if the argument begins with
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``+'', the current location (latitude and longitude) are
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printed. Otherwise, the current location is set by
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teleporting the system. The first dd is the degrees of
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latitude (negative for south); mm is the minutes of
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latitude; ss is the seconds of latitude. The second ddd is
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the degrees of longitude (negative for west); and so on.
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For example:
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place 385100-1050300
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sets the location of the system to the top of Pikes Peak,
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Colorado. The correct altitude is automatically provided
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and cannot be specified. The system operates in feet.
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Place takes care of the conversion to and from local
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standard measurement units.
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When a new location is set, all logged-in terminals and
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users are transported along with all other system
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peripherals.
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If the -v (verbose) option is specified when a new location
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is set, place prints a running description of the locations
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the system passes through enroute to the given destination.
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Note that this can slow down transport time considerably,
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from instantaneous to however long it takes to print the
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description to standard output. This option is not
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recommended if stdout is a terminal connected at less than
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4800 baud, since hitting BREAK can leave the system
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stranded.
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Attempting to set the place off-planet generates a warning,
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and requires an extra confirmation from the (super)user.
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If the argument begins with ``+'', the output of place is
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under the control of the user. The format for the output is
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similar to that of date(1). All output fields which use
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hours, minutes, or seconds are applicable (substitute
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"degrees" for hours, where appropriate).
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Place writes an accounting record on the file /usr/adm/wtmp.
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DIAGNOSTICS
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No permission If you aren't the super-user and you try to
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move the system.
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bad conversion If the place set is syntactically incorrect,
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or below sea level.
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bad format character
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If the field descriptor is not recognizable.
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FILES
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/dev/kmem
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/usr/adm/wtmp
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/usr/lib/altitudes
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AUTHOR
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Alan Silverstein, Hewlett-Packard
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SEE ALSO
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date(1), whereami(1)
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BUGS
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If there is not a supply of compatible electric power at the
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new location, the system usually crashes before place
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finishes writing accounting information to /usr/adm/wtmp.
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This command should not be used on systems connected to a
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Local Area Network, for obvious reasons.
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--
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Edited by Brad Templeton. MAIL, yes MAIL your jokes to funny@looking.UUCP
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Attribute the joke's source if at all possible. I will reply, mailers willing.
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If you MUST reply to a rejection, include a description of your joke
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because there is 0 chance I will remember which one it was.
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