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Date:      Fri, 27 Sep 2002 17:37:15 +0200
From:      Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: find case-insensitive challenge
Message-ID:  <20020927153715.GG30361@freepuppy.bellavista.cz>
In-Reply-To: <200209271515.g8RFF0ho041865@lurza.secnetix.de>
References:  <20020927125254.GY30361@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> <200209271515.g8RFF0ho041865@lurza.secnetix.de>

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# olli@secnetix.de / 2002-09-27 17:15:00 +0200:
> Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> wrote:
>  > # olli@secnetix.de / 2002-09-27 14:36:48 +0200:
>  > > The problem with that is that it's not portable.  I try
>  > > to avoid getting used to such non-portable features.
>  > > Typing an extra grep is faster than using -iname and
>  > > then finding out that it's not working on Solaris.  ;-)
>  > 
>  >     have you tried bugging Sun? ;)
> 
> That wouldn't make it any more portable.
> Bugging the Open Group _might_ be more useful.

    right.
 
> But then again, it's against the UNIX philosophy.
> In UNIX, you've got a tool for every job, and the power
> of the system comes from combining those tools.  There
> is no need to duplicate functionality in multiple tools.

    according to this logic find(1) shouldn't have any primaries at all.

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