Re: expand_number() for fetch'es -B and -S switches

Alexander Best arun...@freebsd.org writes: so how about forgetting about expand_number() and simply introducing a maximum buffer size of 1 megabyte? so how about just leaving the code alone? :) DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - d...@des.no ___

Re: expand_number() for fetch'es -B and -S switches

On Wed Sep 8 10, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: Alexander Best arun...@freebsd.org writes: so how about forgetting about expand_number() and simply introducing a maximum buffer size of 1 megabyte? so how about just leaving the code alone? :) i thought you wanted to have a maximum buffer

Re: expand_number() for fetch'es -B and -S switches

Alexander Best arun...@freebsd.org writes: Dag-Erling Smørgrav d...@des.no writes: Alexander Best arun...@freebsd.org writes: so how about forgetting about expand_number() and simply introducing a maximum buffer size of 1 megabyte? so how about just leaving the code alone? :) i

Re: expand_number() for fetch'es -B and -S switches

On Wed Sep 8 10, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: Alexander Best arun...@freebsd.org writes: Dag-Erling Smørgrav d...@des.no writes: Alexander Best arun...@freebsd.org writes: so how about forgetting about expand_number() and simply introducing a maximum buffer size of 1 megabyte? so

Re: expand_number() for fetch'es -B and -S switches

On Thu Sep 2 10, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: Alexander Best arun...@freebsd.org writes: the current maximum buffer limit of fetch(1) actually is around 1G. i think 1M is not enough, because if people are pulling data over fast lines they'll have almost constant disk writes. how about 100M

Re: expand_number() for fetch'es -B and -S switches

Alexander Best arun...@freebsd.org writes: since you're the originator of fetch(1): should i send you a patch to add expand_numer() to the -B switch or do you think fetch is better off as it is now without humanised numbers? Sure, but we need to commit the expand_number() patch first. i'm

Re: expand_number() for fetch'es -B and -S switches

On Thu Sep 2 10, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: Alexander Best arun...@freebsd.org writes: since you're the originator of fetch(1): should i send you a patch to add expand_numer() to the -B switch or do you think fetch is better off as it is now without humanised numbers? Sure, but we need

Re: expand_number() for fetch'es -B and -S switches

Alexander Best arun...@freebsd.org writes: so how about something like this? the fetch(1) manual would have to be changed a bit to state that if '-B val' 1G it silently gets set to 1G. 1 GB is ridiculously large. 1 MB should be plenty. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - d...@des.no

Re: expand_number() for fetch'es -B and -S switches

On Thu Sep 2 10, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: Alexander Best arun...@freebsd.org writes: so how about something like this? the fetch(1) manual would have to be changed a bit to state that if '-B val' 1G it silently gets set to 1G. 1 GB is ridiculously large. 1 MB should be plenty. the

Re: expand_number() for fetch'es -B and -S switches

Alexander Best arun...@freebsd.org writes: the current maximum buffer limit of fetch(1) actually is around 1G. i think 1M is not enough, because if people are pulling data over fast lines they'll have almost constant disk writes. how about 100M then? ;) Large buffer sizes are *not* better,

Re: expand_number() for fetch'es -B and -S switches

Alexander Best arun...@freebsd.org writes: just having a quick look around to see, if anybody would be interested in fetch -B and fetch -S accepting humanized numbers using expand_number()? I can understand it for -B, but not for -S, since in the common case (by 1023 to 1, assuming a random

Re: expand_number() for fetch'es -B and -S switches

On Wed Sep 1 10, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: Alexander Best arun...@freebsd.org writes: just having a quick look around to see, if anybody would be interested in fetch -B and fetch -S accepting humanized numbers using expand_number()? I can understand it for -B, but not for -S, since in

expand_number() for fetch'es -B and -S switches

hi there, just having a quick look around to see, if anybody would be interested in fetch -B and fetch -S accepting humanized numbers using expand_number()? cheers. alex -- a13x ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list