cliveb wrote: > I don't see how there's anything dumb about this. The whole point of > Unix is that it's built from lots of uncomplicated components (that you > might like to classify as "dumb"), and it's the way you combine them > that results in "clever" outcomes. > > cp has no knowledge of what /dev/null is. As far as cp is concerned, > it's copying a file there, and it's the operating system's device > handler that knows /dev/null is special and to just chuck away all data > piped to it. Imagine how tiresome it would be for application developers > if every program had to independently recognise the special case of its > output being sent to /dev/null.
I like my utilities dumb. Less to go wrong. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ drmatt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59498 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106375 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
