Re: [9fans] mishandling empty lists - let's fix it

[ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 2:04 PM, John Stalker <stalker@maths.tcd.ie> wrote:

> `cat' would concatenate 0 files, i.e. ouptut nothing,

cat would copy stdin to stdout

> `chmod 755' would set the permissions of no files to 755,

would read a list of files from stdin and change the modes

> `cp foo/' would move no files to the directory foo,
would read a list of files from stdin and copy them.

> `df' would show free disk space for no filesystems,
would read a list of file system names and df them.

> `kill' would stop no processes,
would read a list of pids in and stop them.

> `ln foo/' would hardlink no files into the directory foo,
would read a list of filenames in and ln them

> `ls' would list no files (you would use `ls .' for the usual case),
would read a list of file names in and ls them.

> `mkdir' would create no directories,
would read a list of file names in and mkdir them (I could really use this one)

> `mv foo/' would move no files into the directory foo,
would read a list of file names in and mv them

> `ps -U' would show no users' processes,
would read a list of user names in and ps them

> `rm' would remove no files,
would read a list of file names in and rm them

> and `sh' would execute no scripts in the Bourne shell.

would read a set of commands from stdin and ... oh wait it does this.

I prefer my version to your versions. I can see uses for them already.

ron