Re: "xyargs" idea

[Andrew Stubbs]

On 8/7/06, Eric Blake <address@hidden> wrote:
> Some of the ideas sound useful, but I don't know if they belong in
> findutils or as a separate project.  perl can certainly already do most of
> this.  And if it does get accepted, it would be nice to code it in C.  But
> I'm not the maintainer, so you'll just have to wait for James' response.

Thanks for responding Eric, it has been quieter than I had hoped. I
would have replied earlier, but first I was waiting to see if the
maintainer said anything and then I was away.

Obviously, perl can do most of this - the current implementation is
bash, but it isn't ideal. As you say, it would be nice to code it in
C. It would also be nice to have it included with xargs.

Maintainers, please respond. If you don't like the idea then that's
fine - I'll go away and shut up, but at least let me know.

Thanks

Andrew