Brian Utterback wrote:
> 
> 
> James C. McPherson wrote:
> 
>> No doubt we'd need to have one for duff(1), dufflite(1) and duffzero(1),
>> and another one for fosters(1) too, with a See Also that mentions both
>> bud(1) and coors(1).
> 
> Can these be made compatible? Instead of duplicating the code 
> needlessly, perhaps we could have a single executable, ontap(1)
> with a "brand" flag, "-b" that would specify the particular flavor to 
> dispense? If necessary, we could still have the individual commands via 
> links to the ontap command, which would cause the ontap command to 
>  behave as if it were called like this: "ontap -b $0".

Given my mental image of duff(1), dufflite(1) and duffzero(1)
from the "Homer and Barney go on the Duff Brewery Tour" episode[1],
I think that would be perfectly acceptable :-)

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duffless

James C. McPherson
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Senior Kernel Software Engineer, Solaris
Sun Microsystems
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