From owner-freebsd-current Wed Apr 25 5:46:13 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from Awfulhak.org (awfulhak.demon.co.uk [194.222.196.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 391A637B423; Wed, 25 Apr 2001 05:46:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (root@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org [172.16.0.12]) by Awfulhak.org (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f3PCjk312223; Wed, 25 Apr 2001 13:45:46 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@lan.Awfulhak.org) Received: from hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (brian@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f3PCl0v57677; Wed, 25 Apr 2001 13:47:00 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <200104251247.f3PCl0v57677@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.3.1 01/18/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: "John W. De Boskey" , brian@Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: Updated: cp -t patch (w/ commentary) In-Reply-To: Message from "David O'Brien" of "Wed, 25 Apr 2001 00:59:42 PDT." <20010425005942.A71859@dragon.nuxi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 13:47:00 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 11:33:24AM -0700, John W. De Boskey wrote: > > After some feedback, I have changed the patch slightly. Rename > > -d to -t and remove the requirement for the option to have a > > value. > > I thought people generally agreed the right fix was to add functionality > to `xargs', not `cp' as you aren't scratching the general itch. In fact, I think enough people disagreed that xargs(1) should be modified as it can be done with scripts. Personally, I'd prefer Dima's xargs(1) fix. > -- > -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org) -- Brian Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message