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On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 02:07:35PM +0000, 徐志锋 wrote:
> Hello all, 
> I'am going to apply the GSoC for the project "Machine readable output from userland utilities". 
> I wonder how to enable the utilities to emit XML output ;Should I add an option saying -xml to  
> enable this? 
> JunOS can emit the XML output using the pipe to display xml(| display xml); and I also  
> wonder how JunOS implemented this. 

Hi,

This is valuable idea.

Please apply via Google Melange with a complete proposal. We'd have easier
time evaluating your proposal/approach and could provide some
feedback/adjustments to it.

Thanks,

-- 
Wojciech A. Koszek
wkoszek@FreeBSD.czest.pl
http://FreeBSD.czest.pl/~wkoszek/