;t users just use
--binary-files=without-match instead? I have the impression that
this option won't be typed interactively much.
Could you please try the patch enclosed below instead?
It implements all the above suggestions.
2000-01-04 Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 17:23:21 -0800
From: "David O'Brien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I assume "--ignore-binary" or "--ignore-binary-files" would be the GNU
longopt.
Another possibility would be to follow the example of the existing
--directories=ACTION option, e.g. something like this:
-
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 09:08:24 -0800
From: "David O'Brien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I want a silent ignore of binary files.
It'd be reasonable to add an option to do this, after the feature
freeze is over and 2.4 comes out.
I think it should take an option to not ignore binary files.
I
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 23:39:10 -0800
From: "David O'Brien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Would it be possible to either ignore binary files when "-l" is in
affect. OR to add an ignore binary file flag (like FreeBSD has in
2.x and 3.x)?
The latter sounds reasonable, though it'd have to be
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 13:20:32 -0800
From: "David O'Brien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I've got a notion to change this.
Please don't change the algorithm to deduce which files are binary.
It was the subject of much design discussion in the GNU project, and
is fairly consistent across other GN
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 15:29:05 -0500
From: Thomas Stromberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I just happened to notice this today. For some reason 'grep' seems to
think that 'set' output is binary, not text.
Most likely this is because the output of your `set' command contains
binary data. In t
