Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 17:15:00 +0200 (CEST) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@secnetix.de> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: find case-insensitive challenge Message-ID: <200209271515.g8RFF0ho041865@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <20020927125254.GY30361@freepuppy.bellavista.cz>
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Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> 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
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