Re: All the unicorns are dead on Linux (was: How to compare contents of two folders against third one?)

Okay, I'm gonna throw a bit more fuel onto this fire :-) On Fri, 3 Nov 2023 at 15:58, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > If you ask folks like Brian Kernighan and Rob Pike, they will tell you > all the unicorns are dead on Linux because everything is _not_ a file. > The only safe harbor for the unicorns

Re: All the unicorns are dead on Linux (was: How to compare contents of two folders against third one?)

Jeffrey Walton (12023-11-03): > If you ask folks like Brian Kernighan and Rob Pike, they will tell you > all the unicorns are dead on Linux because everything is _not_ a file. They might tell you that, but that is wrong nonetheless: they fumbled the “everything is a file” from the start. In

Re: All the unicorns are dead on Linux (was: How to compare contents of two folders against third one?)

On Fri, Nov 03, 2023 at 11:57:59AM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > On Wed, Nov 1, 2023 at 1:56 PM wrote: [...] > > I concur with Nicolas: every time you say "folder", a unicorn dies. > > If you ask folks like Brian Kernighan and Rob Pike, they will tell you > all the unicorns are dead on Linux

All the unicorns are dead on Linux (was: How to compare contents of two folders against third one?)

On Wed, Nov 1, 2023 at 1:56 PM wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 01, 2023 at 08:01:19PM +0500, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > > Hello everyone. > > > > I have a "/source-folder/" which contains very large tree of folders and > > files. > > I've manually copied a set of folders and files from it to a > >