Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 17:02:42 +0200 (CEST) From: Ernst de Haan <znerd@FreeBSD.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: bin/44212: Unify 'recursive' options -r and -R Message-ID: <200210181502.g9IF2gH72586@galaxy.euronet.nl>
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>Number: 44212 >Category: bin >Synopsis: Unify 'recursive' options -r and -R >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Oct 18 08:10:01 PDT 2002 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Ernst de Haan >Release: FreeBSD 4.4-20010815-RC1 i386 >Organization: FreeBSD Project >Environment: System: FreeBSD galaxy.euronet.nl 4.4-20010815-RC1 FreeBSD 4.4-20010815-RC1 #0: Thu Aug 16 06:35:35 GMT 2001 murray@scrub.lab.nuxi.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC i386 >Description: It would be nice if all tools in the base system that have a 'recursive' option would all support the same argument for this. The scp and ls commands use -r while cp uses -R. This would just be a nice improvement, IMHO. If it's not possible because of POSIX rules or anything, then tough luck. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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