From owner-freebsd-current Sat Feb 1 17:17:55 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA22069 for current-outgoing; Sat, 1 Feb 1997 17:17:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA22060 for ; Sat, 1 Feb 1997 17:17:49 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id LAA15124; Sun, 2 Feb 1997 11:47:35 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199702020117.LAA15124@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Good name for a dump(8) option? In-Reply-To: from J Wunsch at "Feb 2, 97 01:38:08 am" To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Date: Sun, 2 Feb 1997 11:47:34 +1030 (CST) Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk J Wunsch stands accused of saying: > As Michael Smith wrote: > > > How about making it the default, > > I'll wait for a majority vote before doing this, since it will break > the existing interface. Adding an option doesn't break it. Agreed, although I haven't seen the default arguments used for anything other than generating -questions threads for a long time. > > Even _I_ turned mine into a stereo rack over a year ago, ... > > Abuse!!! :-)) I couldn't find anyone who could sell me the little BOM labels, so I couldn't set up any of the fresh tapes I had, and all the old ones were toast. Then I had to give back the SCSI/9-track adapter I had, and about all that was left useful was the 4mm steel-plate chassis. Waste not, want not, and you should see the price of a decent stereo cabinet these days, outrageous! 8) > cheers, J"org -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[