Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 00:24:31 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: Bill Fumerola <billf@jade.chc-chimes.com> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/ac ac.8 ac.c Message-ID: <37740.930781471@axl.noc.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 30 Jun 1999 18:24:08 -0400." <Pine.BSF.3.96.990630182140.2905X-100000@jade.chc-chimes.com>
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On Wed, 30 Jun 1999 18:24:08 -0400, Bill Fumerola wrote:
> And if you read my mail the entire way down you'll notice that I mentioned
> cat(1) as something that includes it in the synopsis, but not in the
> description.
Taken from the cat(1) manpage's DESCRIPTION section:
The cat utility reads files sequentially, writing them to the
standard output. The file operands are processed in command line
order. A single dash represents the standard input.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I can accept that cat(1) is a bad precedent, but if it's also _your_
only point of reference, then it's not making a good case for your
argument. :-)
> The question was more a general opinion/consensus question then one
> blaming anyone, as well.
Point taken. I should have taken more care to support my smiley with
words which indicated that I took no offense.
Ciao,
Sheldon.
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