Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 12:23:59 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: Kai Voigt <k@123.org> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: finger(1) not RFC compliant Message-ID: <25819.943871039@axl.noc.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 28 Nov 1999 03:14:04 %2B0100." <19991128031403.N19490@abc.123.org>
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On Sun, 28 Nov 1999 03:14:04 +0100, Kai Voigt wrote:
> In chapter 2.3, RFC 1288 defines a non recursive finger query as
>
> {Q1} ::= [ {W} | {W} {S} {U} ] {C}
>
> where {W} is "/W", {S} one or more spaces, {U} the username and {C}
> is "\r\n".
Are you sure that the notation used in the RFC does not define elements
prescribed within "[" and "]" as optional? My reading of the rvalue
quoted is:
Must be one of:
{C}
{W} {C}
{W} {S} {U} {C}
Ciao,
Sheldon.
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