On Dec 4, 2003, at 10:51 am, Rudmer van Dijk wrote:
I noticed this about a week ago:
head: `-1' option is obsolete; use `-n 1'
Try `head --help' for more information.
...
why is this obsoleted?
And the most irritating part is that is not phased out, like giving a
warning
and then continue, but it
On Thursday 04 December 2003 14:20, Spider wrote:
> > head: `-1' option is obsolete; use `-n 1'
> > Try `head --help' for more information.
> >
> > why is this obsoleted?
>
> POSIX compliance.
>
ok, acceptable
> > And the most irritating part is that is not phased out, like giving a
> > warning
Rudmer van Dijk wrote:
> head: `-1' option is obsolete; use `-n 1'
> Try `head --help' for more information.
>
> and tail seems to do the same thing...
> this is very annoying since it breaks a lot of scripts, including
> configure scripts to build packages...
...like the Zetagrid client. Glad s
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On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 11:51:57 +0100
Rudmer van Dijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I noticed this about a week ago:
>
> head: `-1' option is obsolete; use `-n 1'
> Try `head --help' for more information.
>
> and tail seems to do the same thing...
> this is very annoying since i
> Hi,
>
> I noticed this about a week ago:
>
> head: `-1' option is obsolete; use `-n 1'
> Try `head --help' for more information.
>
> and tail seems to do the same thing...
> this is very annoying since it breaks a lot of scripts,
> including configure
> scripts to build packages...
>
> why is thi
Hi,
I noticed this about a week ago:
head: `-1' option is obsolete; use `-n 1'
Try `head --help' for more information.
and tail seems to do the same thing...
this is very annoying since it breaks a lot of scripts, including configure
scripts to build packages...
why is this obsoleted?
And th
