HP-UX 11i June 2004 Release Notes

Programming
Miscellaneous
Chapter 15
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Miscellaneous
The pstat_getfile() Interface Deprecated
deprecated for
June 2004
The pstat_getfile() interface is used to get information specific to a particular open
file for a specified process.
The pstat_getfile() interface has been deprecated and should not be used. It will be
removed in a future HP-UX release. A second interface, pstat_getfile2(), should be
used in its place as it provides a much more scalable interface.
Transition Links Deprecated
deprecated for
September 2003
and June 2004
The “Upgrade” product which contains the transition links management tools will be
removed from the next HP-UX release. The transition links (tlinks) management tools
were intended to be temporary transition tools for application migration from HP-UX 9.x
to HP-UX 10.
x file system layout. The following transition links management tools are
being deprecated and will become obsolete in post-HP-UX 11i v2 releases:
• tlinstall
• tllist
• tlremove
Many of the links that were previously installed as transition links (tlinks) have
continued to be industry standard and will be replaced by regular permanent symbolic
links, with the following exceptions:
• All tlinks that correspond to obsolete filesets or point to obsolete binaries are
deprecated and will be removed in HP-UX 11i v2 or later releases.
• All of the following individual links are deprecated and will be discontinued in
HP-UX 11i v2 on both PA-RISC and Itanium:
From the InternetSrvcs.INETSVCS-RUN fileset:
— /etc/freeze -> /usr/sbin/freeze
— /etc/named-xfer -> /usr/sbin/named-xfer
• All of the following individual links are deprecated and will be discontinued in
HP-UX 11i v2 for Itanium only:
From the OS-Core.C-MIN fileset:
— /usr/lib/llib-lc -> /usr/ccs/lib/lint/llib-lc
— /usr/lib/llib-lc.ln -> /usr/ccs/lib/llib-lc.ln
• All of the following individual links are deprecated and will be discontinued in
HP-UX 11i v3 on both PA-RISC and Itanium:
From the OS-Core.UX-CORE fileset:
— /etc/savecore -> /sbin/savecore