On Thu, 14 Jul 2005, John Martinez wrote: > > On Jul 14, 2005, at 5:38 PM, Sunil wrote: > > > have you considered providing gnu like long options and/or > > compatibility for star? it will be perfect if there was only one > > tar utility and all gnu programs with gnu options for /usr/bin/tar > > don't just die on solaris. > > > > I can try doing this mapping if you point me to source of star. > > Am I the only one that doesn't like the --something-or-other options > of GNU related software?
Personally, I now consider it preferable (like a little bonus) when a tool or command provides long option equivalents for short options. Eric _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
