Re: problem with egrep and fgrep

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi Bruce,

> There are several simple, straight forward solutions:
> 
> 1. The script can evaluate $(dirname $0) and the extra time is the
> cost of sticking strictly to not evaluating $(basename $0) in the
> program itself.  If performance tuning is an issue, the script author
> can use the flag to the real grep program.

I'm not sure expecting the path of the script to be in argv[0] is
portable.  IIRC there's some older Unixes that didn't do this.

> 3. Be willing to conceed that traditional usage might be more
> important than adhering to a coding standard written after fgrep and
> egrep.  Besides, the language of the standard allows for grandfathered
> utilities.  These are old enough to qualify.

Agreed, I'd rather have expected behaviour than conformance to a coding
standard written after that behaviour existed, especially if that
standard provides a `get out'.

Cheers,

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