Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 00:15:54 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Martin Cracauer <cracauer@cons.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/bin/mkdir mkdir.1 mkdir.c Message-ID: <199908300715.AAA18053@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 30 Aug 1999 09:13:45 %2B0200." <19990830091345.B90785@cons.org>
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> > Though traditionalists and anti-bloat people will have difficulty > > swallowing these commits, it does help debugging and it does help in > > scripting. There have been a number of PRs requesting this functionality. > > It doesn't. `sh -x` is a far better way to do what people are trying > to do here. How will a portable script using the -v flag look like? > `sh -x` is just what you need here. It's not. Or at least, you're welcome to tell me how 'sh -x' works when the user is a) using csh, b) types the command manually, and c) uses the -R argument to cp(1). > This is a typical addition requested by people who didn't learn shell > programming. This option has _nothing_ to do with shell programming. It's an aid for _interactive_ use. [Relevant implementation commentary elided] -- \\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith \\ of the man. \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ -- Joseph Merrick \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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