On Sat, 20.02.2010 at 11:58:38 +0000, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 11:54:12PM +0000, Xin LI wrote: > > Author: delphij > > Date: Fri Feb 19 23:54:12 2010 > > New Revision: 204103 > > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/204103 > > > > Log: > > Add seq(1), a small utility to generate sequence number. > > Why do we need this when we have jot(1)?
Compatibility with shell scripts, I suppose. Some ports may use seq(1) in their test or build targets, etc. There is no jot(1) on any Linux or Solaris I've seen so usage of seq(1) is fairly common. I wonder though, if we could merge functionality into jot(1) and employ a link to seq. Uli _______________________________________________ svn-src-all@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-all-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
