On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 01:58:14PM -0700, Paul Eggert wrote: > This is simple and portable, and it's more useful than the current > behavior. The new behavior would conform to POSIX, since POSIX > requires that the input files must be text files; directories are not > text files, so GNU grep can do what it likes with them.
I don't have my copy of Posix handy - Is there a rule saying that directories cannot be textfiles? It's certainly reasonable in the Hurd that they might be both. Tks, Jeff Bailey -- You said homosexuals form a small percentage of the population. So do Jews. Is that a reason to deny someone equality? - Richard Marceau _______________________________________________ Help-hurd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-hurd
