On Apr 3, 2010, at 01:55:34 +0200, [email protected] wrote: > Why are there 2 separate binaries for /usr/bin/sort and > /usr/xpg4/bin/sort? From looking at it the only difference is option > -c. > sort(1) says: > /usr/bin/sort > -c Checks that the single input file is ordered as speci- > fied by the arguments and the collating sequence of > the current locale. The exit code is set and no output > is produced unless the file is out of sort. > > > /usr/xpg4/bin/sort > -c Same as /usr/bin/sort except no output is > produced under any circumstances. > > But why is this a problem? I thought error messages are > notaninterface? Or is this the exception of the common rule?
The contents of diagnostic messages are usually not-an-interface. The fact that a diagnostic message is produced is an interface. - Don > > Olga _______________________________________________ shell-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/shell-discuss
