Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 10:29:07 +0200 From: Gerhard Sittig <Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mtree again Message-ID: <20000924102907.J5065@speedy.gsinet> In-Reply-To: <39CD3698.D2EF0663@cup.hp.com>; from marcel@cup.hp.com on Sat, Sep 23, 2000 at 04:02:48PM -0700 References: <20000915033837.A564@nagual.pp.ru> <200009142341.RAA00700@harmony.village.org> <20000915043925.A83698@nagual.pp.ru> <39CD3698.D2EF0663@cup.hp.com>
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On Sat, Sep 23, 2000 at 16:02 -0700, Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
> "Andrey A. Chernov" wrote:
> >
> > [ ... mtree getopts switch code ... ]
> >
>
> Is their any harm in just keeping the -P flag as a no-op and
> optionally remove it at some later time (for backward
> compatibility)?
That's where I jumped in in an earlier stage of this thread. :)
It should not be removed without substitute. It could be renamed
to -H and should reverse the effect of -L. See symlink(7) on why
command lines like "cmd -H -L -H ..." can sum up and why
switching to both directions is desirable.
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