Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 13:44:39 -1000 From: Antony Mawer <fbsd-current@mawer.org> To: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, julian@elischer.org Subject: Re: suggested addition to 'date' Message-ID: <44E650E7.5040601@mawer.org> In-Reply-To: <200608181445.k7IEjA9f020038@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <200608181445.k7IEjA9f020038@lurza.secnetix.de>
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On 18/08/2006 4:45 AM, Oliver Fromme wrote: > PS: Personally I would recommend installing gnu-awk (it > was formerly part of the FreeBSD base system, but it was > replaced by a crippled awk, unfortunately), instead of > hacking date. I always install gnu-awk because it's so > useful. That's a bit drastic. Wouldn't be more sensible to encourage someone to add the same feature to our BSD-variety awk? -Antony
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