From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v613) In-Reply-To: <200403190818.i2J8IgUU097747@adat.davidashen.net> References: <200403190818.i2J8IgUU097747@adat.davidashen.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <4ACCD005-797F-11D8-8706-000A95B984D8@mightycheese.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Rob Pike Subject: Re: [9fans] ls, rc question -- proposed change to rc/glob.c To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 00:27:43 -0800 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 37f3dd8a-eacd-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 > 1. There is no kernel behavior in glob. It is just a pass over > a list, with results sorted after the pass. that's sophistry. the data is generated by a read system call. you're proposing making the shell differ from every other program that reads directories. that seems like a bad idea. this is not a bug, it's a feature. i'd rather fix the manual than add special code to applications. -rob