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Date:      Tue, 29 Apr 1997 15:43:19 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Brian Tao <taob@nbc.netcom.ca>
To:        Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Longer user names: take 2
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.3.95.970429154153.12135K-100000@tor-adm1.nbc.netcom.ca>
In-Reply-To: <199704272227.PAA00413@phaeton.artisoft.com>

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On Sun, 27 Apr 1997, Terry Lambert wrote:
> 
> If you argue that dynamic sizing breaks scripts, I will argue that
> changing from 8 to 16 characters breaks those same scripts.

    Bah, 'ls -l' already does dynamic column sizing.  Besides, with
-o, you can order your fields so that the user stuff comes at the
end...
-- 
Brian Tao (BT300, taob@netcom.ca)
"Though this be madness, yet there is method in't"




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