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Date:      Tue, 15 Dec 1998 09:50:17 +0100 (CET)
From:      Mikael Karpberg <karpen@ocean.campus.luth.se>
To:        tlambert@primenet.com (Terry Lambert)
Cc:        mike@smith.net.au, tlambert@primenet.com, imp@village.org, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: HEADS UP : laptop power-down change
Message-ID:  <199812150850.JAA16330@ocean.campus.luth.se>
In-Reply-To: <199812150734.AAA12910@usr06.primenet.com> from Terry Lambert at "Dec 15, 98 07:34:08 am"

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According to Terry Lambert:
> > > Also, I think the correct flag is "-x", not "-p", from a historical
> > > (Sony NeWS, NeXTStep, and A/UX, et. al.).
> > 
> > That's a good point; now is probably the time to change it to be 
> > consistent.  Any conflicting examples?
> 
> Apparently NeXTStep uses "-p".  Time for a survey.  8-(.

Is it really a problem? Just make "-p" AND "-x" mean power off, and people
can chose the one they like. :-)

  /Mikael

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