From owner-freebsd-arch Thu Dec 14 5:23:20 2000 From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 14 05:23:19 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from lists01.iafrica.com (lists01.iafrica.com [196.7.0.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D7D737B400 for ; Thu, 14 Dec 2000 05:23:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from nwl.fw.uunet.co.za ([196.31.2.162]) by lists01.iafrica.com with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #2) id 146YLo-0003YU-00; Thu, 14 Dec 2000 15:23:12 +0200 Received: (from nobody@localhost) by nwl.fw.uunet.co.za (8.8.8/8.6.9) id PAA22877; Thu, 14 Dec 2000 15:23:09 +0200 (SAST) Received: by nwl.fw.uunet.co.za via recvmail id 22785; Thu Dec 14 15:22:37 2000 Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.fw.uunet.co.za) by axl.fw.uunet.co.za with local-esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 146YLE-000EOA-00; Thu, 14 Dec 2000 15:22:36 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: Peter Pentchev Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: add -I ignoremask option to du(1) In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 14 Dec 2000 03:48:04 +0200." <20001214034803.C575@ringworld.oblivion.bg> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 15:22:36 +0200 Message-ID: <55313.976800156@axl.fw.uunet.co.za> Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 14 Dec 2000 03:48:04 +0200, Peter Pentchev wrote: > Is there a reason no one has done this yet? :) I think we're getting totally out of hand with respect to teaching utilities how to do each others' jobs for one another. Recursion, exclusion and pattern matching are all creeping into utilities that once did one job well. These things are all handled very well by find and the shell. So the only question is whether we shrug and continue down this road, or limit ourselves to only those silly enhancements that we deem necessary for compatibility with other platforms. Personally, I prefer the latter. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message