On Friday 26 October 2001 23:13, Jules Bean wrote: > On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 11:36:35AM +1000, Paul Russell wrote: > > * Package name : iprint > > Version : x.y.z > > Upstream Author : Andrew Tridgell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * URL : ftp://pserver.samba.org/pub/unpacked/junkcode/i.c > > * License : GPL > > Description : Trivial command-line integer print utility > > What value does this package/program have?
It's sometimes nice to have a convenient conversion utility. Say you were studing the fecundity of kernel developers. From /usr/include/linux/reboot.h: #define LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC1 0xfee1dead #define LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC2 672274793 #define LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC2A 85072278 #define LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC2B 369367448 $ i 0xfee1dead 672274793 85072278 369367448 4276215469 0xFEE1DEAD 037670357255 672274793 0x28121969 05004414551 85072278 0x5121996 0504414626 369367448 0x16041998 02601014630 $ Thanks for your mail! Paul