Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 00:34:08 -0800 From: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org> To: Hartmut Brandt <harti@freebsd.org> Cc: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> Subject: Re: proposed bsdlabel patch Message-ID: <20040330003408.A75276@xorpc.icir.org> In-Reply-To: <40692D02.5090700@freebsd.org>; from harti@freebsd.org on Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 10:17:06AM %2B0200 References: <20040329163926.A38109@xorpc.icir.org> <20040330005013.GA53546@ns1.xcllnt.net> <20040329230643.B70930@xorpc.icir.org> <20040329234212.A72990@xorpc.icir.org> <20040330080250.GA69610@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> <40692D02.5090700@freebsd.org>
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On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 10:17:06AM +0200, Hartmut Brandt wrote: > Marcel Moolenaar wrote: ... > > The file takes precedence, because any filename that does not contain > > any directory elements is assumed to live in the current directory. The > > shorthand for device special files is secundairy to that, because it's > > a convenience only. If the device special file is meant, it has to be > > specified as /dev/ad0 in the example given. it may be secondary, but it has been the historical behaviour for ages and I don't want to hear people rightly screaming for a change that broke a huge number of existing scripts. > That makes it very easy to trash a file in the current directory. that is a minor concern. "rm" has the same problem :) cheers luigi
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