On 7/28/06, Otto Moerbeek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

On Thu, 27 Jul 2006, Nick Guenther wrote:

> Why does cat retain the -[etv], -[bn] and -[s] options?

Once you've added a flag to a command it's almost impossible to remove it
for compatibility reasons.

Thanks Otto. That's what I figured but I was thinking that the OpenBSD
philosophy would trump compatibility.

-Nick

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