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# 8  
Old 02-21-2006
There is dtpad in AIX. The Solaris version has a couple of features that the AIX one lacks, but for the most part, it works the same. Look in /usr/dt/bin.

You could put Samba on your AIX box so that you can map a drive on your PC to some directory on your AIX box. You could then use notepad, however, PCs use CRLF as end of line and Unix uses LF. Depending upon what you are doing, it may not make a difference. You could always use "tr" to strip off the Carriage Return. There are editors for PCs that understand and can use Unix end of line conventions (Programmer's File Editor, for example).

You can always edit your files using notepad on your PC and use "ftp" to transfer the file to your AIX box.

If you are serious about using Unix, however, I would advise you to invest some time learning "vi". Ugly as it may be, it is on every Unix box on the planet.

Last edited by Garry_Garrett; 02-21-2006 at 08:05 PM.. Reason: Forgot to add a pathname.
# 9  
Old 03-13-2006
Sabercats,
You can use commercial softwares like EditPlus (Licensed software), etc where you can work on remote UNIX files from a Windows GUI. Even though VI is good for a lot of things, beginners and non-UNIX users get deterred by the rather unfriendly interface that the editor offers!!! Smilie
# 10  
Old 03-14-2006
As far as i can see you want to transfer a file from Windoze to Unix. Why don't you use ftp or one of its securified pendants (like F-secure ftp, etc.)?

bakunin
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