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Date:      Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:32:14 -0500
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Cc:        Eitan Adler <eitanadlerlist@gmail.com>, Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: uname -c: alias for uname -rms
Message-ID:  <200811111132.14779.jhb@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <49179E9A.2020507@gmail.com>
References:  <491764C3.5020504@gmail.com> <491782BD.9090009@freebsd.org> <49179E9A.2020507@gmail.com>

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On Sunday 09 November 2008 09:38:18 pm Eitan Adler wrote:
> Tim Kientzle wrote:
> > Are there any precedents for this option?
> Not really - its more like the recent cp -a switch: an alias for a
> common set of switches.

However, cp -a was added to be compatible with other OS's, not purely as a 
shortcut.

-- 
John Baldwin



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