From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 8 01:42:06 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id BAA22365 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 8 Aug 1996 01:42:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from eac.iafrica.com (196-7-192-187.iafrica.com [196.7.192.187]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id BAA22360 for ; Thu, 8 Aug 1996 01:41:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from rnordier@localhost) by eac.iafrica.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id KAA00237; Thu, 8 Aug 1996 10:36:51 +0200 From: Robert Nordier Message-Id: <199608080836.KAA00237@eac.iafrica.com> Subject: Re: perhaps i am just stupid. To: tcg@ime.net Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 10:36:49 +0200 (SAT) Cc: dgy@rtd.com, fqueries@jraynard.demon.co.uk, questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <32098736.19F1@ime.net> from "Gary Chrysler" at Aug 8, 96 02:20:38 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 ME8a] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Gary Chrysler wrote: > > > I do understand why you want to do this in as Unix-like a way as > > > possible, but I don't think it's workable. Sorry. > > > > Yes, I suspect that's the case. I would almost advocate porting > > grep and sort just so a UN*X-like approach *could* be employed -- seems > > like it would be easier to maintain. > > > > Porting cksum was a no-brainer. Though I imagine grep *might* be a bit > > more involved for some of the funkier switches, etc. > > I have a full dos port of grep done by I belive Bob Stout! You could use ftp.cdrom.com/simtelnet/msdos/txtutl/xgrep103.zip This has the main advantage of being only 3380 bytes in size, but is also a very accurate and widely-used grep clone. (I'm biased: I wrote it.) > > I think even just having CKSUM.EXE available would be *some* > > consolation to those folks that are banging their heads against > > the wall wondering why the gunzip is failing, etc. > > > > I won't dissagree! Certainly, anything is a good deal better than nothing. Possibly, though, one should err on the side of doing too much rather than too little. There are an awful lot of files (~70 in the bin distribution) to go through by hand. I'd tend to agree with other views that a DOS-orientated program is needed -- if possibly a nice shiny one that looks good -- (and particularly no batch files). First impressions matter. -- Robert Nordier