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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Auto-generated source files
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Miles Bader |
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Auto-generated source files |
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Mon, 13 Oct 2003 06:57:40 -0400 |
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On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 12:05:21PM +0200, Thomas Zander wrote:
> A comma? What happened to the leading dot unix standard?
> What is the rationale in doing your best to avoid set standards?
Um, because they mean _different things_.
A leading dot means `please hide this when someone does an ls.'
A leading comma means `this is a temporary file.' A leading + is sort of a
`less temporary' file, but still not part of the source (seems to be used for
caches and the like). A leading = means something like `this is special'
(often used for meta-info). [You'll have to ask Tom about the exact meaning
of the last two, but I think that's basically right.]
Note that these special files are very intentionally _not hidden_, and
(1) you can tell at a glance a fair amount of info, (2) they all sort near
the beginning of a listing, (3) they avoid name clashes with conventional
source files, and (4) they're easily classifiable with simple regexps.
> Same with a + and a = which are really not unix standards?
What is the rationale for using such inflammatory language? Why not assume
that the author is not completely stupid, and _does_ have a good reason --
and ask politely at least the first time?
-Miles
--
Somebody has to do something, and it's just incredibly pathetic that it
has to be us. -- Jerry Garcia
- [Gnu-arch-users] Auto-generated source files, Thomas Zander, 2003/10/13
- [Gnu-arch-users] Auto-generated source files, Mark A. Flacy, 2003/10/13
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Auto-generated source files, Thomas Zander, 2003/10/13
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Auto-generated source files, Ethan Benson, 2003/10/13
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Auto-generated source files, Thomas Zander, 2003/10/13
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Auto-generated source files, Robert Collins, 2003/10/13
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Auto-generated source files,
Miles Bader <=
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Auto-generated source files, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2003/10/14
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Auto-generated source files, Miles Bader, 2003/10/14
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Auto-generated source files, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2003/10/14
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Auto-generated source files, Thomas Zander, 2003/10/14
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Auto-generated source files, Miles Bader, 2003/10/14
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Auto-generated source files, Tom Lord, 2003/10/14
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Auto-generated source files, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2003/10/15
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Auto-generated source files, Thomas Zander, 2003/10/14
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Auto-generated source files, Ethan Benson, 2003/10/13
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- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Auto-generated source files, Thomas Zander, 2003/10/14