Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 09:33:59 +0200 From: "Andre Goeree" <abgoeree@uwnet.nl> To: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: tail Message-ID: <20010430093359.A1271@mandark.attica.home> In-Reply-To: <15085.4860.848971.308268@guru.mired.org>; from mwm@mired.org on Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 02:23:40AM -0500 References: <20010429221233.A99057@xor.obsecurity.org> <KPECIILENDDLPCNIMLOFIEOJCCAA.juha@saarinen.org> <15085.4860.848971.308268@guru.mired.org>
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On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 02:23:40AM -0500, Mike Meyer wrote: > Juha Saarinen <juha@saarinen.org> types: > > :: UNIX is about doing what you ask for. You want to tail/cat a > > :: directory, who is the system to tell you otherwise. > > > > That's just silly. > > > > Who hasn't mistakenly tailed/cat'ed a directory? > > > > I thought the "User-unfriendliness Is Cool" era was long buried. > > User-unfriendliness Is Cool is indeed buried. Deciding that the user > shouldn't do something because you don't think it's a good idea is > User-unfriendly, which is why Unix doesn't *do* things like that. > > <mike > -- > Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ > Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > I'm sorry, but what the heck has this thread to do with -stable? -- Andre. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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