From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 27 8:15: 5 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F71537B401 for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 08:15:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [212.66.1.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8FCA43E65 for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 08:15:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g8RFF0mC041866 for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 17:15:00 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g8RFF0ho041865; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 17:15:00 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 17:15:00 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <200209271515.g8RFF0ho041865@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: find case-insensitive challenge In-Reply-To: <20020927125254.GY30361@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-questions User-Agent: tin/1.5.4-20000523 ("1959") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/4.6-STABLE (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Roman Neuhauser wrote: > # olli@secnetix.de / 2002-09-27 14:36:48 +0200: > > The problem with that is that it's not portable. I try > > to avoid getting used to such non-portable features. > > Typing an extra grep is faster than using -iname and > > then finding out that it's not working on Solaris. ;-) > > have you tried bugging Sun? ;) That wouldn't make it any more portable. Bugging the Open Group _might_ be more useful. But then again, it's against the UNIX philosophy. In UNIX, you've got a tool for every job, and the power of the system comes from combining those tools. There is no need to duplicate functionality in multiple tools. Regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co KG, Oettingenstr. 2, 80538 München Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. "All that we see or seem is just a dream within a dream" (E. A. Poe) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message