Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 17:37:15 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: find case-insensitive challenge Message-ID: <20020927153715.GG30361@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> In-Reply-To: <200209271515.g8RFF0ho041865@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <20020927125254.GY30361@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> <200209271515.g8RFF0ho041865@lurza.secnetix.de>
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# olli@secnetix.de / 2002-09-27 17:15:00 +0200:
> 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.
right.
> 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.
according to this logic find(1) shouldn't have any primaries at all.
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