From owner-freebsd-current Mon Dec 10 14:34:36 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from turtle.looksharp.net (cc360882-d.strhg1.mi.home.com [24.13.43.207]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D48C37B419 for ; Mon, 10 Dec 2001 14:34:34 -0800 (PST) Received: by turtle.looksharp.net (Postfix, from userid 1003) id 570CE3E23; Mon, 10 Dec 2001 17:35:00 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turtle.looksharp.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53F93BAA5; Mon, 10 Dec 2001 17:35:00 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 17:35:00 -0500 (EST) From: "Brandon D. Valentine" To: Alfred Perlstein Cc: Jackie 'business-first' Cook , Subject: Re: Motion for removal of xargs(1) from base system In-Reply-To: <20011210163204.M92148@elvis.mu.org> Message-ID: <20011210173333.E33626-100000@turtle.looksharp.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, Alfred Perlstein wrote: >* Jackie 'business-first' Cook [011210 16:19] wrote: >> >> As a replacement for the 'functionality' present in xargs(1), I propose >> implementing arbitrary length argument list passing right in the operating >> system. > >Nice proposal, where's the diff? I'd like to preempt the ensuing bikeshed by voting for green. >> Yours sincerly, Jackie 'business-first' Cook. You don't by chance sell used cars, do you? Brandon D. Valentine -- "Iam mens praetrepidans avet vagari." - G. Valerius Catullus, Carmina, XLVI To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message