Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 09:00:43 -0700 From: Ted Faber <faber@lunabase.org> To: Valentin Nechayev <netch@iv.nn.kiev.ua> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: tail Message-ID: <20010430090043.A30396@praxis.lunabase.org> In-Reply-To: <20010430110352.A646@iv.nn.kiev.ua>; from netch@iv.nn.kiev.ua on Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 11:03:52AM %2B0300 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104301632200.43352-100000@lists.unixathome.org> <KPECIILENDDLPCNIMLOFOEOICCAA.juha@saarinen.org> <20010429222205.A29058@praxis.lunabase.org> <20010430110352.A646@iv.nn.kiev.ua>
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--WIyZ46R2i8wDzkSu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 11:03:52AM +0300, Valentin Nechayev wrote: > Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 22:22:05, faber (Ted Faber) wrote about "Re: tail": > > > juha@cyrus:~$ tail / > > > tail: /: Is a directory > > > More desirable behaviour, IMO. > > FYI, and maybe surprisingly, you're about to start a flame war. See, I knew better and I responded anyway. I am dumb. > > BSD > > tail and related tools have been treating directories as files for > > *many* years. > > Can you please prove nesessarity of such behavior, as really useful examples > of cat/tail of directory, or an example of needed compatibility? No, I can't. You can't prove the reverse. It's an axiom. "All entities in the file system should behave as much like a flat file as possible." You can build a fine system based on that axiom or some other. Adhering to this simple axiom rather than something more complex leads to a simpler, more elegant system, IMHO, but it's a matter of taste. That's why arguing about it is pointless, and I won't. I encourage you to spend your time more productively. --WIyZ46R2i8wDzkSu Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE67YwraUz3f+Zf+XsRAgIwAKCgSiH1isZdsrHGeHxCJ+fQJ+rZmwCg2SXU oEISSKniz4qpTyfwIiTRyck= =/Rud -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --WIyZ46R2i8wDzkSu-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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