From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 22 19:38:23 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA18773 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 22 Nov 1998 19:38:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from laker.net (jet.laker.net [205.245.74.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA18761 for ; Sun, 22 Nov 1998 19:38:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sfriedri@laker.net) Received: from nt (digital-pbi-120.laker.net [208.0.233.20]) by laker.net (8.9.0/8.9.LAKERNET.NO-SPAM.SPAMMERS.AND.RELAYS.WILL.BE.TRACKED.AND.PROSECUTED.) with SMTP id WAA18973 for ; Sun, 22 Nov 1998 22:37:36 -0500 Message-Id: <199811230337.WAA18973@laker.net> From: "Steve Friedrich" To: "FreeBSD Questions" Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 22:26:41 -0500 Reply-To: "Steve Friedrich" X-Mailer: PMMail 98 Professional (2.01.1600) For Windows NT (4.0.1381;3) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Re: ping from fvwm2 menu Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 23 Nov 1998 10:54:47 +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: >> Because he didn't *need* to solve it for all shells, since his script >> nicely started with a "#!/bin/sh". He used the right tool for the >> right job, without unnecessary effort. I didn't claim he needed to solve it for all shells. And only the person that he did it for can actually state which solution they prefer. >> How's this: Stop whining and trying to make Greg look bad, and I'll give >> you some credit for being able to play well with others. Otherwise, >> you get the dreaded "runs with scissors" notation. I'm not whining and I wasn't trying to make Greg look bad. I had been looking at the problem before he posted and I was just trying to be helpful. Many of you jump to conclusions. At no point in any of my posts did I attack Greg. At no point did I declare he was wrong. I used apropos to check for an appropriate solution and it was not immediately apparent. I use csh and not sh interactively. I usually write scripts in sh, but I never use the internal read command. Since I'm a C programmer, another solution sprang to ming and it's simple. If you don't like it don't use it. But I don't need your personal attacks. I didn't attack anyone. Nor did I attack Greg's solution, though some of you may have read it that way. Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message