Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 17:25:43 -0600 (MDT) From: Brandon Gillespie <brandon@roguetrader.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: pkg_* commands vs 'pkg' command Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970728172106.318A-200000@roguetrader.com>
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Just curious, but does anybody else find having to use '_' in ANY command
clunky and unweildy? I recently had to take a little bit of light flack
(nothing serious 8) from a debian linux user because they have a simple
'dpkg' command (I think it was). In response to this I hacked up a simple
wrapper to the various 'pkg_' commands, and added a 'list' option as well
(see attachment). This is just a shell script which I personally have
dropped in /usr/sbin/pkg (alongside the counterparts it execs). Yeah, it
simply nixes the '_' in typing, but it saves a keystroke and stretch of
the finger--not to mention it feels better from a UI point of view :)
Has anybody ever considered unifying the various seperate package
commands? At least in a manner similar to how mount is unified? (i.e.
seperate commands for specific things, but still one central command for
ease of use).
-Brandon Gillespie
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#!/bin/sh
cmd=""
args=""
syntax() {
cat <<END
Syntax: pkg <add|del|list|create> [args]
Where [args] are add/del/list/create specific arguments.
END
}
if [ "$1" = "" ]; then
syntax
exit 1
fi
case $1 in
list)
cmd="pkg_info"
args="$args -aI" ;;
add)
cmd="pkg_add" ;;
del | delete | rm)
cmd="pkg_delete" ;;
create)
cmd="pkg_create" ;;
*)
syntax ;;
esac
shift
exec $cmd $args $*
help
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