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Re: [Nmh-workers] rmmproc Not Used for Lots of Messages; refile Copies.
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Ralph Corderoy |
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Re: [Nmh-workers] rmmproc Not Used for Lots of Messages; refile Copies. |
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Tue, 27 Nov 2012 12:20:15 +0000 |
Hi,
Paul Vixie wrote:
> On 2012-11-27 1:09 AM, Ken Hornstein wrote:
> > So for this hypothetical rmmpipe ... should the filename separator
> > be a newline or a \0?
>
> if we want to allow newlines in filenames we'd have to allow -0 (like
> xargs does) to change the format. this would be a burden on all
> rmmpipe implementations
Since my current rmmproc is basically an `xargs rename' it's little
effort to add -0.
> unwarranted in my view since someone crazy enough to put a \n in their
> MHPATH deserves all the pain we can lay in store for them.
>
> so, \n.
Lyndon Nerenberg wrote:
> One text item per line is the Unix Way.
I agree it's the Unix Way, however it seems to add little implementation
effort, but then I'm not the implementor :-) , to have the \n or \0
switchable by the writer? Also, instead of a new rmmpipe to partner
rmmproc it could be `rmmprocopt: -p0' where it takes options; `p'
piped, `0' NUL-terminated with the current option-processing code called
into action?
(Aside, David A. Wheeler has a good write-up, _Fixing Unix/Linux/POSIX
Filenames_, of the current mess.
http://www.dwheeler.com/essays/fixing-unix-linux-filenames.html
IIRC, Plan 9 banned space for a while, along with the normal NUL and
`/', but then reverted and allowed space again.)
Cheers, Ralph.
- Re: [Nmh-workers] rmmproc Not Used for Lots of Messages; refile Copies., (continued)
- Re: [Nmh-workers] rmmproc Not Used for Lots of Messages; refile Copies., Ken Hornstein, 2012/11/26
- Re: [Nmh-workers] rmmproc Not Used for Lots of Messages; refile Copies., Howard Bampton, 2012/11/26
- Re: [Nmh-workers] rmmproc Not Used for Lots of Messages; refile Copies., Paul Fox, 2012/11/26
- Re: [Nmh-workers] rmmproc Not Used for Lots of Messages; refile Copies., Ken Hornstein, 2012/11/26
- Re: [Nmh-workers] rmmproc Not Used for Lots of Messages; refile Copies., Paul Fox, 2012/11/26
- Re: [Nmh-workers] rmmproc Not Used for Lots of Messages; refile Copies., Valdis . Kletnieks, 2012/11/26
- Re: [Nmh-workers] rmmproc Not Used for Lots of Messages; refile Copies., Ralph Corderoy, 2012/11/27
- Re: [Nmh-workers] rmmproc Not Used for Lots of Messages; refile Copies., Ken Hornstein, 2012/11/26
- Re: [Nmh-workers] rmmproc Not Used for Lots of Messages; refile Copies., Lyndon Nerenberg, 2012/11/26
- Re: [Nmh-workers] rmmproc Not Used for Lots of Messages; refile Copies., Paul Vixie, 2012/11/26
- Re: [Nmh-workers] rmmproc Not Used for Lots of Messages; refile Copies.,
Ralph Corderoy <=
- Re: [Nmh-workers] rmmproc Not Used for Lots of Messages; refile Copies., Ken Hornstein, 2012/11/27
- Re: [Nmh-workers] rmmproc Not Used for Lots of Messages; refile Copies., Christian Neukirchen, 2012/11/27