Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 10:22:23 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> Cc: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg>, arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: add -I ignoremask option to du(1) Message-ID: <3A3901CF.7B09AE6F@softweyr.com> References: <55313.976800156@axl.fw.uunet.co.za>
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Sheldon Hearn wrote:
>
> 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.
UNIX was doomed the moment somebody added sorting code to ls(1).
Resist feeping creaturism.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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