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Subject: Re: uname -c: alias for uname -rms
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On Sunday 09 November 2008 09:38:18 pm Eitan Adler wrote:
> Tim Kientzle wrote:
> > Are there any precedents for this option?
> Not really - its more like the recent cp -a switch: an alias for a
> common set of switches.

However, cp -a was added to be compatible with other OS's, not purely as a 
shortcut.

-- 
John Baldwin