Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2017 07:52:58 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Is there a database built into the base system Message-ID: <20170407075258.5f0712fcd39d70373e9a6d37@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <e8ddab83-f4c6-d09d-1146-a5d08d7497ad@netfence.it> References: <58E696BD.6050503@gmail.com> <69607026-F68C-4D9D-A826-3EFE9ECE12AB@mac.com> <58E69E59.6020108@gmail.com> <20170406210516.c63644064eb99f7b60dbd8f4@sohara.org> <58E6AFC0.2080404@gmail.com> <20170406210540.GO2787@mailboy.kipshouse.net> <20170407064340.a8354c6e21988c125c02c06a@sohara.org> <e8ddab83-f4c6-d09d-1146-a5d08d7497ad@netfence.it>
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On Fri, 7 Apr 2017 08:21:16 +0200 Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it> wrote: > On 04/07/17 07:43, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > > On Thu, 6 Apr 2017 14:05:41 -0700 > > Karl Young <karly@kipshouse.org> wrote: > > > >> I'd suggest, Python, Perl, TCL, Ruby, ... anything but csh (or bash) > >> for a job like this. > > > > Trouble with that is the OP wanted something in the base system > > and the only scripting languages in base are the shells and awk. Indeed. I think the best options within the base are awk or C/C++ with db (btree), although shell supported by grep, sed, sort et al. is possible - after all there's a complete SQL implementation written that way in shql. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith | Directable Mirror Arrays C:>WIN | A better way to focus the sun The computer obeys and wins. | licences available see You lose and Bill collects. | http://www.sohara.org/
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