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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: {arch} directory
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Doran Moppert |
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: {arch} directory |
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Thu, 25 Sep 2003 03:20:52 +1000 |
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On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 09:46:21AM -0700, Dustin Sallings wrote:
>
> Well, I can ``grep string *'' and miss a dot file. In fact, this is a
> problem when importing an existing tree with a bunch of stuff at the
> top. I want to do a ``find *'' but that matches {arch}. I end up
> doing a ``find [A-z]*'' which is slightly less fun to type. Same thing
> when grepping, finding later, etc...
true, it's served well on unix for a long time to name directories that the
user normally shouldn't have to interact with starting with a dot. CVS broke
this but it so rarely caused a problem due to the nature of the directory's
content .. but with arch it obviously (going by the list traffic) causes a lot
of discomfort.
what was the driver for inventing the {} convention in the first place?
Ignoring back-compatibility for a moment, is there any advantage to using {}
over the more "standard" and "supported" .*?
- [Gnu-arch-users] {arch} directory, Dustin Sallings, 2003/09/24
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: {arch} directory, Miles Bader, 2003/09/24
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: {arch} directory,
Doran Moppert <=
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: {arch} directory, Tom Lord, 2003/09/24
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: {arch} directory, Dustin Sallings, 2003/09/24
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: {arch} directory, Samuel Tardieu, 2003/09/24
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: {arch} directory, Tom Lord, 2003/09/24
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: {arch} directory, Dustin Sallings, 2003/09/24
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: {arch} directory, Tom Lord, 2003/09/24
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: {arch} directory, David Brown, 2003/09/24
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: {arch} directory, Robert Anderson, 2003/09/24
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: {arch} directory, Dustin Sallings, 2003/09/24
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: {arch} directory, Robert Anderson, 2003/09/24