Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 19:45:07 +0200 From: Gerhard Sittig <Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mtree again Message-ID: <20000915194506.D27034@speedy.gsinet> In-Reply-To: <20000915043925.A83698@nagual.pp.ru>; from ache@nagual.pp.ru on Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 04:39:26AM %2B0400 References: <20000915033837.A564@nagual.pp.ru> <200009142341.RAA00700@harmony.village.org> <20000915043925.A83698@nagual.pp.ru>
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On Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 04:39 +0400, Andrey A. Chernov wrote:
>
> [ ... change mtree(1) physical vs logical traversal ... ]
[ ... mtree.c diff ...]
> @@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
> usage()
> {
> (void)fprintf(stderr,
> -"usage: mtree [-PUcdeinqrux] [-f spec] [-K key] [-k key] [-p path] [-s seed]\n"
> +"usage: mtree [-LUcdeinqrux] [-f spec] [-K key] [-k key] [-p path] [-s seed]\n"
> "\t[-X excludes]\n");
> exit(1);
> }
Are you trying to remove the -P switch? Then there's no way of
having a "logical default" via aliases / shell scripts / you name
it and still tell mtree to do a physical walk. This very topic
is discussed in the symlink(7) manpage. The author sees a chance
for users wanting to "override" behaviour multiple times by
specifying multiple toggles.
I feel it's OK when you change the default to "walk the fs in its
physical meaning", but I wouldn't want you to provide only a one
way switch. Please leave -P in there or rename it to -H (which
should be available) plus make it the reverse of -L if it's not
yet at the moment.
In case I'm absolutely missing the topic please ignore this
message. :)
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