Re: Scripting Additions: Embracing the Horror of Unix
Re: Scripting Additions: Embracing the Horror of Unix
- Subject: Re: Scripting Additions: Embracing the Horror of Unix
- From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 09:12:29 +1100
On 1/2/02 8:17 AM +1000, garbanzito, email@hidden, wrote:
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i came to the conclusion that (pursuant to my general comments about the
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different philosophies) it would be rather awkward to try to create single
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shell-based handlers with all the capabilities of one of the OSAX commands.
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personally, i would tackle it a task at a time rather than replicate Jon's
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Commands.
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OK, so I guess the biggest hole at the moment is some way to delete files
without sending them to the Trash, to avoid filling up the Trash.
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i think it would be better (for those who don't reject unix out of hand) to
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talk a little about what one should learn in order to most effectively
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"embrace the horror".
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Excellent info, thanks. FWIW, I'm keen to learn this stuff from a general
system
point of view. I just don't want to see AS corrupted to the point of
_relying_ on a knowledge of it.
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Shane Stanley, email@hidden