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Subject: Re: small usr.bin/find patch
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Alexander Best wrote:
> hmmm...but dd e.g. uses lowercase instead of upercase letters to indicate
> kilobyte, megabyte and so on. isn't there some unix/posix/whatever standard
> telling app developers what to use?

It might be appropriate to use expand_number() here. This is what some
other tools do as well and consistency between tools is "a nice thing".


Ciao,
Johan

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