Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 20:28:30 +0200 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com> Cc: FreeBSD Current <current@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: HEADS UP: GNU grep 2.4d Message-ID: <20000131202830.A82563@relay.ucb.crimea.ua> In-Reply-To: <20000131130229.E431@argon.blackdawn.com>; from Will Andrews on Mon, Jan 31, 2000 at 01:02:29PM -0500 References: <20000131130229.E431@argon.blackdawn.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Mon, Jan 31, 2000 at 01:02:29PM -0500, Will Andrews wrote: > On Mon, Jan 31, 2000 at 03:54:00PM +0200, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > > Under a big pressure from the FreeBSD community, GNU grep > > maintainers released grep-2.4d, which has a new option -I, > > a short equivalent to --binary-files='without-match'. > > Is this also equivalent to the old grep's -a option? I mean OLD grep, from > like 6 months ago? > Yes, that's why all this fuss have taken place ;=) > grep -a normally ignored binary files completely, back then. > It was a local FreeBSD feature; now it is part of the official GNU grep. -- Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA of the ru@ucb.crimea.ua United Commercial Bank, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.247.647 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20000131202830.A82563>