* John W. Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-05-18 15:59:56 -0700]: > > I don't think it would be hundreds of lines. > > Well, a raw count from the spec reached 117 lines*, but > 1. Some of those could be omitted as being things that one would never > type successfully at the command line--they are used internally when Exim > execs itself. > > 2. There would be some growth if you enumerate the possible flags for the > -d option. > > 3. And there would be some growth if you split out the various -qblah and > -Rblah possibilities
Right... not every single option is going to be useful, and it should be a terse listing; if you want more info read the manpage but if you want to know real quick how to unfreeze a message, --help should tell you. > > Now I feel challenged, however.... =) I'm going to patch exim to do > > this and see how big it really is. > > I think this is a good idea. It's always fun... I did it for aide, I can do it for exim (although exim's may take a bit longer.. =) > I resisted (silently) at first, but that was just a "change is bad" reaction > (at 67, I'm allowed to do that). I would suggest crafting the patch so that > executing the bare > exim > command continues to emit the brief form that it currently shares with > exim --help > probably with an "offer" of the --help option. Yeah, that was my thinking to. Just typing "exim" shouldn't give you a page of gook, but if you ask for --help, it'd be nice if exim provided. > *My count could have been off, particularly since I had a cat demanding > attention while I was counting. lol... dang those cats... =) hmmm... i think mine wants to be fed. -- Annvix - Secure Linux Server: http://annvix.org/ "lynx -source http://linsec.ca/vdanen.asc | gpg --import" {FEE30AD4 : 7F6C A60C 06C2 4811 FA1C A2BC 2EBC 5E32 FEE3 0AD4} Wasting time like it was free...
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