Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:38:18 -0500 From: Eitan Adler <eitanadlerlist@gmail.com> To: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: uname -c: alias for uname -rms Message-ID: <49179E9A.2020507@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <491782BD.9090009@freebsd.org> References: <491764C3.5020504@gmail.com> <491782BD.9090009@freebsd.org>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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. > > If not, then I don't see the point. If you have to tell someone to send > you the output of uname, you may as well tell them to use uname -rms. > (I prefer uname -v personally.) Some people don't like giving out hostnames or kernel names for some strange reason that I can't figure out - -- Eitan Adler -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkkXnpoACgkQtl8kq+nCzNGnUQCfXX2jEExBmX0gpqyvuegAmHei qXAAnRDWcJhwJu3oPAUYLp1Ydghg/onQ =2TSg -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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