On Tue August 28 2007 3:11:20 pm Eduard Bloch wrote: > Oh, come on. People who put $TAPE into the default environment may also > link /dev/null to /dev/hda (or /dev/sda) and complain to the coretutils > maintainer because ln isn't unable to think for them.
I don't think so. Hasn't tar defaulted to something approximately /dev/rmt0 for *YEARS*, not just on Linux but on just about every platform, if -f is not given? Assuming that tar goes to stdout is a losing proposition, I think, and not just because of TAPE. Besides, it is perfectly valid to set a variable named TAPE even if the person is not using it with tar. Perhaps they are using it with mt, custom scripts, etc. -- John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
