Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 18:38:13 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Fumerola <billf@jade.chc-chimes.com> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/ac ac.8 ac.c Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990630183541.2905Y-100000@jade.chc-chimes.com> In-Reply-To: <37740.930781471@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
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On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > On Wed, 30 Jun 1999 18:24:08 -0400, Bill Fumerola wrote: > > > And if you read my mail the entire way down you'll notice that I mentioned > > cat(1) as something that includes it in the synopsis, but not in the > > description. > > Taken from the cat(1) manpage's DESCRIPTION section: > > The cat utility reads files sequentially, writing them to the > standard output. The file operands are processed in command line > order. A single dash represents the standard input. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Time to get my eyeglass perscription checked. > I can accept that cat(1) is a bad precedent, but if it's also _your_ > only point of reference, then it's not making a good case for your > argument. :-) Well, grep doesn't have it, cat does. Something has to be wrong. > Point taken. I should have taken more care to support my smiley with > words which indicated that I took no offense. Cool beans. - bill fumerola - billf@chc-chimes.com - BF1560 - computer horizons corp - - ph:(800) 252-2421 - bfumerol@computerhorizons.com - billf@FreeBSD.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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