From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 26 02:17:27 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A07C2106566C for ; Sat, 26 Jun 2010 02:17:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from illoai@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wy0-f182.google.com (mail-wy0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37C828FC0A for ; Sat, 26 Jun 2010 02:17:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyb40 with SMTP id 40so66234wyb.13 for ; Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:17:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=Kwve0ovyswBR0xueZ5dYhd8ypKwQkyW9gSFbTydgA+M=; b=aDU5Zhl52XrJ0Ze49tc/5vK9q/VHb/7C/p4KSe7GapNLPNkbO1NeE5gkasOnXGV2OY 8vTHojg0zTGpoujZzzrNvNXCgcMIUr6KrU8f86bYOFGcsrp3dJmhHOP2AP82WfD6QBhU Nb5bC/hr0KwGTJqs39uUTiFQU97VLMFDlrgyw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=TjVwurvvMy8/BLC3R9PUg01GsYRtAYOA4kuxaISFuplZP7YloEW2/4ByMh6+iN1Dsh QYeylaMmKOWGibdSdL55qRjR9WsAT8i7kdc1FXa12hEQEyTo7VVcm9yrgCtWLo6gT16B O8fYWzj04vxSHCt9+itmp43kB2ZFKp2UOEWVA= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.185.198 with SMTP id u48mr5734911wem.8.1277518646091; Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:17:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.5.21 with HTTP; Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:17:26 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4C256135.5030708@a1poweruser.com> References: <4C256135.5030708@a1poweruser.com> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 22:17:26 -0400 Message-ID: From: "illoai@gmail.com" To: Fbsd1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: "questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: size suffix w x X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 02:17:27 -0000 On 25 June 2010 22:08, Fbsd1 wrote: > I have a script I am hacking. The code has a check for a size suffix. > I know what m|mb|g|gb|k|kb| and the upper case version of the same letters > mean. But the code also has an w|x size options. > Is this a valid size type and what does it mean? Is it at all explicated within the script, or is this a silly game? I would guess w=word and x=no-affix, so either bit or byte. That is if I were scribing the accursed thing. Or w=wotan meaning the greatest possible in every dimension, and x=meaning pornography. -- --