Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:28:42 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Cc: Yar Tikhiy <yar@comp.chem.msu.su>, Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Useful tools missing from /rescue Message-ID: <200709261028.43378.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20070903120353.GH30502@comp.chem.msu.su> References: <20070901073440.GL85633@comp.chem.msu.su> <46DAFE5C.6070806@freebsd.org> <20070903120353.GH30502@comp.chem.msu.su>
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On Monday 03 September 2007 08:03:53 am Yar Tikhiy wrote: > On Sun, Sep 02, 2007 at 11:18:04AM -0700, Tim Kientzle wrote: > > Yar Tikhiy wrote: > > >Hi all, > > > > > >I've had to use /rescue recently and felt lack of a few basic tools > > >in it, namely pgrep(1), head(1), tail(1), tee(1), and a text filter, > > >e.g., sed(1). Well, in fact most functionality of pgrep(1), head(1), > > >tail(1), and even tee(1) can be emulated if one has sed(1), but the > > >tools are so tiny and convenient that it's a pity not to have them > > >all handy during hard times. > > > > > >In addition, there are chflags and chmod in /rescue, but there's > > >no chown in it, so the toolset is a bit incomplete. > > > > Oh, my. chown was definitely an oversight. That > > should have been in there. > > > > My opinions: > > * head, tail, and tee are no-brainers; just do it. > > * sed would be a nice addition. (I atttempted to > > fit 'vi' in there, but curses is rather finicky; > > 'sed' would be more useful.) > > Thank you for supporting my idea! I would go for all of these as well as 'chown'. Are you still planning on doing this? -- John Baldwin
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