> So we have two problems: > > 1) Calling cp(1) repetitively is inefficient. > > 2) The argument list is too big for cp(1). > > Extending cp(1) will not solve (2). Extending xargs(1) will solve both. > So why is an extension to cp(1) being proposed? I wasn't proposing that cp should be changed - I don't think it should. I'm just guilty of using a stale subject line :-/ > Ciao, > Sheldon. -- Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <brian@[uk.]FreeBSD.org> <http://www.Awfulhak.org> <brian@[uk.]OpenBSD.org> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
- Re: cp -d dir patch for review (or 'xargs'?) Rodney W. Grimes
- Re: cp -d dir patch for review (or 'xargs'?) Brian Somers
- Re: cp -d dir patch for review (or 'xargs'?) Sheldon Hearn
- Re: cp -d dir patch for review (or 'xargs... Oliver Fromme
- Re: cp -d dir patch for review (or 'x... Sheldon Hearn
- Re: cp -d dir patch for review (or 'x... Oliver Fromme
- Re: cp -d dir patch for review (or 'x... Sheldon Hearn
- Re: cp -d dir patch for review (or 'x... Brian Dean
- Re: cp -d dir patch for review (or 'x... Oliver Fromme
- Re: cp -d dir patch for review (or 'x... Karsten W. Rohrbach
- Re: cp -d dir patch for review (or 'x... Brian Somers
- Re: cp -d dir patch for review (or 'x... Jordan Hubbard
- Re: cp -d dir patch for review (or 'x... Oliver Fromme
- Re: cp -d dir patch for review (or 'x... Jordan Hubbard
- Re: cp -d dir patch for review (or 'x... Dima Dorfman
- Re: cp -d dir patch for review (or 'x... Oliver Fromme
- Re: cp -d dir patch for review (or 'x... Brian Somers
- Re: cp -d dir patch for review (or 'x... Brian Somers
- Re: cp -d dir patch for review (or 'x... Dima Dorfman
- Re: cp -d dir patch for review (or 'x... Brian Somers
- Re: cp -d dir patch for review (or 'x... Garance A Drosihn