Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:28:59 -0800 From: Xin LI <delphij@gmail.com> To: =?UTF-8?Q?Ulrich_Sp=C3=B6rlein?= <uqs@freebsd.org>, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>, Xin LI <delphij@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r204103 - in head/usr.bin: . seq Message-ID: <a78074951002200628k4573a384r4a5f4d7eafd0942f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20100220133520.GB57731@acme.spoerlein.net> References: <201002192354.o1JNsCZJ035886@svn.freebsd.org> <20100220115838.GB94735@FreeBSD.org> <20100220133520.GB57731@acme.spoerlein.net>
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On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 5:35 AM, Ulrich Sp=C3=B6rlein <uqs@freebsd.org> wro= te: > On Sat, 20.02.2010 at 11:58:38 +0000, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: >> On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 11:54:12PM +0000, Xin LI wrote: >> > Author: delphij >> > Date: Fri Feb 19 23:54:12 2010 >> > New Revision: 204103 >> > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/204103 >> > >> > Log: >> > =C2=A0 Add seq(1), a small utility to generate sequence number. >> >> Why do we need this when we have jot(1)? > > Compatibility with shell scripts, I suppose. Some ports may use seq(1) > in their test or build targets, etc. There is no jot(1) on any Linux or > Solaris I've seen so usage of seq(1) is fairly common. Yes exactly. > I wonder though, if we could merge functionality into jot(1) and employ > a link to seq. The primary difference between the two is the command line parsing and option handling and seq uses double number. I think we will not benefit a lot from the shared code unfortunately... Cheers, --=20 Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> http://www.delphij.net
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