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* David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.org> [ Date: 2005-05-18 ]
	[ w.r.t. Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/less Makefile zless.sh ]
> On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 11:14:11AM +0000, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
> > des         2005-05-17 11:14:11 UTC
> > 
> >   FreeBSD src repository
> > 
> >   Modified files:
> >     usr.bin/less         Makefile 
> >   Added files:
> >     usr.bin/less         zless.sh 
> >   Log:
> >   Add a zless script which invokes less using the lesspipe script.
> 
> Why clutter up /usr/bin when there isn't any need to??
> 
> Simple have "LESSOPEN=|lesspipe.sh %s" in your environment and the
> lesspipe.sh script worked just fine.  Rather than add more junk to
> /usr/bin, I'd rather see you add LESSOPEN to the standard environment.

I'd say the Linux Finger-Compat here is worth it for the one inode.  It
isn't hurting you as bad as you're implying.  Insert gratuitous double
punctuation.
-- 
juli mallett.  "It's called love and somehow it's become unmentionable."
               -- New Order - Thieves Like Us