Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 17:56:02 +1200 From: "Juha Saarinen" <juha@saarinen.org> To: "David W.Chapman Jr." <dwcjr@inethouston.net>, "Chris Byrnes" <chris@jeah.net> Cc: <stable@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: tail Message-ID: <KPECIILENDDLPCNIMLOFKEOJCCAA.juha@saarinen.org> In-Reply-To: <01043000152308.06042@dwcjr.inethouston.net>
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That's just silly and pedantic. Yes, a directory is a file. What's the point in printing out a screenfull of garbage then? :: -----Original Message----- :: From: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG :: [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of David W.Chapman :: Jr. :: Sent: Monday, 30 April 2001 17:15 :: To: Chris Byrnes :: Cc: Juha Saarinen; stable@freebsd.org :: Subject: Re: tail :: :: :: but its not, its a file, almost no other tool errors out when you try to :: modify a "directory" :: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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