Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 18:23:08 -0500 From: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org> To: "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/uuencode uuencode.1 src/usr.bin/uudecode uudecode.c Message-ID: <20020127182308.D10222@espresso.q9media.com> In-Reply-To: <200201272309.g0RN9R599282@green.bikeshed.org>; from green@FreeBSD.org on Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 06:09:27PM -0500 References: <200201271821.g0RILN284192@freefall.freebsd.org> <200201272309.g0RN9R599282@green.bikeshed.org>
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Brian F. Feldman <green@FreeBSD.org> writes: > Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > mike 2002/01/27 10:21:23 PST > > > > Modified files: > > usr.bin/uuencode uuencode.1 > > usr.bin/uudecode uudecode.c > > Log: > > Add -o option (POSIX.1-2001) to uudecode(1). Deprecate the -p option > > (which allows one to redirect output to stdout); `-o /dev/stdout' is > > recommended instead. > > > > Submitted by: Joseph Mallett <jmallett@xMach.org> > > MFC after: 2 weeks > > How about `-o -'? "In early drafts, the [-o outfile] option-argument allowed the use of - to mean standard output. The symbol - has only been used previously in IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 as a standard input indicator. The developers of the standard did not wish to overload the meaning of - in this manner. The /dev/stdout concept exists on most modern systems. The /dev/stdout syntax does not refer to a new special file. It is just a magic cookie to specify standard output." --POSIX.1-2001 Best regards, Mike Barcroft To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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