Author:

• Name: Anthony C. Howe
  Location: CA - Canada

To build:

    make all

The author provided us with an unobfuscated version. See Alternate code below.

To use:

    ./ant Makefile

    ./ant Makefile rule

where Makefile is a Makefile to use and rule is an optional rule to use.

Try:

    ./try.sh

Alternate code:

This version, ant.alt.c, was provided by the author in 2024, and is an unobfuscated version.

Alternate build:

    make alt

Alternate use:

Use ant.alt as you would ant above.

Try:

    ./try.alt.sh

Judges’ remarks:

Like much of POSIX, obfuscation has its place. Your task is to figure out where.

This entry comes complete with a POSIX-like command description. Interested POSIX balloters should lobby the IEEE for an obfuscated P1003 subcommittee.

Author’s remarks:

See the file ant.README.txt.

Primary files

• ant.c - entry source code
• Makefile - entry Makefile
• ant.orig.c - original source code
• try.sh - script to try entry
• ant.alt.c - author provided unobfuscated code
• sleep.c - author provided code for those who need a nap
• ant.README.txt - am man page
• ant.test.mk - Makefile to demonstrate entry
• try.alt.sh - script to try unobfuscated code
• ant.test.alt.mk - Makefile to demonstrate unobfuscated code

Secondary files

• 1992_ant.tar.bz2 - download entry tarball
• README.md - markdown source for this web page
• .entry.json - entry summary and manifest in JSON
• .gitignore - list of files that should not be committed under git
• .path - directory path from top level directory
• index.html - this web page

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