Subject: Re: Suggestion: inclusion of the truncate(1) utility into the tree
To: Andrew Brown <atatat@atatdot.net>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 07/22/2000 00:10:42
On Sat, Jul 22, 2000 at 01:51:48AM -0400, Andrew Brown wrote:
> well...since you've asked...this is one of my favorite nits.
>
> netbsd's sh != solaris's sh != linux's sh.
>
> ditto awk.
>
> sed seems (in my limited experience) to be pretty much the same all
> around.
There is a well-defined set of features you can rely on, defined
by POSIX. If you program to these, then you're safe.
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-- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>