From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 17 11:59:39 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B435516A4CF for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 11:59:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from kanga.honeypot.net (kanga.honeypot.net [208.162.254.122]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E235044003 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 11:59:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kirk@strauser.com) Received: from pooh.strauser.com (pooh.honeypot.net [10.0.5.128]) by kanga.honeypot.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hAHJxYEX039448; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 13:59:35 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from kirk@strauser.com) To: Francisco Reyes References: <20031113183118.T3617@d66-183-123-52.bchsia.telus.net> <20031113223951.X85161@zoraida.natserv.net> <87ptfv33kk.fsf@strauser.com> <20031117123241.W55057@zoraida.natserv.net> From: Kirk Strauser Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 13:59:31 -0600 In-Reply-To: <20031117123241.W55057@zoraida.natserv.net> (Francisco Reyes's message of "Mon, 17 Nov 2003 12:41:27 -0500 (EST)") Message-ID: <87ad6ug40s.fsf@strauser.com> Lines: 23 X-Mailer: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recursion with grep? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 19:59:39 -0000 --=-=-= Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable At 2003-11-17T17:41:27Z, Francisco Reyes writes: > Thanks for shedding some light into this topic. You bet. > -Z, --decompress > Decompress the input data before searching. This option is only > available if compiled with zlib(3) library > We could have said exactly the same you said about my suggestion... don't > add it.. people should learn how to use find, decompres, grep, YET this o= ption WAS implemented. That's a valid point. I think I'd counter by saying that adding that particular functionality was as simple as linking in a standard library and adding a couple of function calls, and had no affect whatsoever on regressive behavior. You could probably make the same pro and con arguments regarding programs that link to GNU's readline library; it adds functionality without increasing complexity, and has no effect on backward-compatible operation. =2D-=20 Kirk Strauser --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA/uSim5sRg+Y0CpvERAktmAJ9x/R2I7jsnVyGf0iAp16QEqGcx9gCdG0sW elk+1ogxjYsk4QZ0Jx5TEIg= =eMAC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--