Re: [PATCH] Add new option --in-place

[Pádraig Brady]

On 22/03/10 15:33, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 03/22/2010 06:41 AM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
>> So that probably means we need to go with a different name.
>> `inplace` is the next best one I can think of which
>> at least mirrors the well known sed --in-place and perl -i options.
> 
> inplace sounds like a decent name to me.  Sounds like an interesting
> filter to add.

The name is not too bad, but it does annoy me a bit,
as commands are usually of the form
  verb --how
for e.g.
  sed --in-place

But if we used `inplace` we'd change to:
  how "what" file...

By using `replace` we would be back to the more normal form:
  replace "how" file...

However `replace` is used by mysql-server as previously mentioned.
And `repl` is used by nmh. How about keeping with the terse unix
tradition while alluding to the relationship with cp/mv/rm by using...

rp

cheers,
Pádraig.