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Subject: Re: expand_number() for fetch'es -B and -S switches
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Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org> writes:
> since you're the originator of fetch(1): should i send you a patch to add
> expand_numer() to the -B switch or do you think fetch is better off as it=
 is
> now without humanised numbers?

Sure, but we need to commit the expand_number() patch first.

> i'm not sure, but i think fetch(1) is BSD specific so no POSIX regulation=
s need
> to be taken into consideration. but you probably know more about this mat=
ter.

fetch(1) is 100% home-grown.

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