Re: HEADS UP: GNU grep 2.4d

2000-02-01 Thread Alexander Langer
Thus spake Ruslan Ermilov ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > I agree with Alex Langer, though. -R -> -r gets on my nerves. But I suppose > > it is consistent with `rm`, just not `cp`.. hmm, consistency. > In fact, it is consistent with GNU grep ;=) > Old -a and -R were FreeBSD extensions that have gone now

Re: HEADS UP: GNU grep 2.4d

2000-02-01 Thread Ruslan Ermilov
On Tue, Feb 01, 2000 at 08:24:41AM -0500, Will Andrews wrote: > On Mon, Jan 31, 2000 at 08:28:30PM +0200, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > > Yes, that's why all this fuss have taken place ;=) > > WOOHOO! > > I agree with Alex Langer, though. -R -> -r gets on my nerves. But I suppose > it is consistent wi

Re: HEADS UP: GNU grep 2.4d

2000-02-01 Thread Will Andrews
On Mon, Jan 31, 2000 at 08:28:30PM +0200, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > Yes, that's why all this fuss have taken place ;=) WOOHOO! I agree with Alex Langer, though. -R -> -r gets on my nerves. But I suppose it is consistent with `rm`, just not `cp`.. hmm, consistency. -- Will Andrews <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: HEADS UP: GNU grep 2.4d

2000-02-01 Thread Max Khon
hi, there! On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, Alexander Langer wrote: > > > > It was a local FreeBSD feature; now it is part of the official GNU grep. > > > Any chance of -R coming back too? > > it is already there (-r) > > Hmm. Somehow I dislike name-changes of params. :-( GREP guys decided to use -r (which

Re: HEADS UP: GNU grep 2.4d

2000-02-01 Thread Alexander Langer
Thus spake Max Khon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > It was a local FreeBSD feature; now it is part of the official GNU grep. > > Any chance of -R coming back too? > it is already there (-r) Hmm. Somehow I dislike name-changes of params. :-( Alex -- I doubt, therefore I might be. To Unsubscribe:

Re: HEADS UP: GNU grep 2.4d

2000-02-01 Thread Ruslan Ermilov
On Mon, Jan 31, 2000 at 09:28:16PM -0800, Jeremy Lea wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, Jan 31, 2000 at 08:28:30PM +0200, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > > It was a local FreeBSD feature; now it is part of the official GNU grep. > > Any chance of -R coming back too? > The problem is that starting with version 2.

Re: HEADS UP: GNU grep 2.4d

2000-02-01 Thread Max Khon
hi, there! On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, Jeremy Lea wrote: > > It was a local FreeBSD feature; now it is part of the official GNU grep. > > Any chance of -R coming back too? it is already there (-r) /fjoe To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body

Re: HEADS UP: GNU grep 2.4d

2000-02-01 Thread Jeremy Lea
Hi, On Mon, Jan 31, 2000 at 08:28:30PM +0200, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > It was a local FreeBSD feature; now it is part of the official GNU grep. Any chance of -R coming back too? -Jeremy -- FreeBSD - Because the best things in life are free... http://

Re: HEADS UP: GNU grep 2.4d

2000-01-31 Thread Ruslan Ermilov
On Mon, Jan 31, 2000 at 01:02:29PM -0500, Will Andrews wrote: > On Mon, Jan 31, 2000 at 03:54:00PM +0200, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > > Under a big pressure from the FreeBSD community, GNU grep > > maintainers released grep-2.4d, which has a new option -I, > > a short equivalent to --binary-files='wit

Re: HEADS UP: GNU grep 2.4d

2000-01-31 Thread Will Andrews
On Mon, Jan 31, 2000 at 03:54:00PM +0200, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > Under a big pressure from the FreeBSD community, GNU grep > maintainers released grep-2.4d, which has a new option -I, > a short equivalent to --binary-files='without-match'. Is this also equivalent to the old grep's -a option? I m

HEADS UP: GNU grep 2.4d

2000-01-31 Thread Ruslan Ermilov
Hi! Under a big pressure from the FreeBSD community, GNU grep maintainers released grep-2.4d, which has a new option -I, a short equivalent to --binary-files='without-match'. Grep 2.4d is now in the source tree (Approved by: jkh). This, I hope, will finally close this can of worms ;=) Enjoy,