Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 10:08:47 -0400 (EDT) From: "A. Karl Heller" <heller@daria.cdnow.com> To: matt@zigg.com (Matt Behrens) Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, bwithrow@BayNetworks.COM, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, bwithrow@tuva.engeast.BayNetworks.COM Subject: Re: Testing result, 225Beta, oct 7th. Message-ID: <199710151408.KAA22288@daria.cdnow.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971015065350.3723B-100000@megaweapon.zigg.com> from "Matt Behrens" at Oct 15, 97 06:55:32 am
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> On Tue, 14 Oct 1997, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > 6) It seems like there should be a symlink "gawk" for "awk" since they are > > > one in the same. There is room for difference of opinion here, of course;-) > > Why would anyone want to call it "gawk?" :-) > To keep computers a male hobby? ;) Well, I asume it is because it is GNU's version of awk. Any time I install a GNU util on a system I will always place a "g" in front of the name. Of course, some people ask me what the heck "ggrep" is... -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- A. Karl Heller | Midnight, on the water, I saw the ocean's daughter, Senior Systems Engineer | Walking on a wave's chicane CDnow Inc. | Staring as she called my name. http://cdnow.com | And I can't get it out of my head - ELO
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