Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 13:15:52 +0200 From: Graham Wheeler <gram@cequrux.com> To: Aaron Smith <aaron@mutex.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New tests for test(1) Message-ID: <37B2ACE8.D263C8E7@cdsec.com> References: <37B2917A.6CBBC950@cdsec.com> <19990812040148.A13484@gelatinous.com>
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Aaron Smith wrote: > > this seems undesirable to me, since using it immediately makes your shell > scripts nonportable. i liked the ls -t suggestion though. Portability is a Good Thing, but I write a lot of one-off scripts in which portability isn't an issue. Also, just because one uses standard shell commands is no guarantee of portability, as a shell script can invoke arbitrary programs, which may or may not be present or compatible across different hosts. -- Dr Graham Wheeler E-mail: gram@cequrux.com Cequrux Technologies Phone: +27(21)423-6065/6/7 Firewalls/Virtual Private Networks Fax: +27(21)24-3656 Data/Network Security Specialists WWW: http://www.cequrux.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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