On Tuesday 11 December 2007, Radek Brich wrote: > On Tue 11. of December 2007 09:44:18 Mike Frysinger wrote: > > On Tuesday 11 December 2007, fedusr wrote: > > > Why is 'tar --create --verbose' output not sent to <stderr>? There > > > could be a default value switching <stdout> to <stderr> in '--create' > > > operations, and '--list' keeps operating in <stdout> stream mode. > > > > > > But it remains a little bit strange resp. a dilemma. The 'GNU Coreutils > > > Manual' says: > > > > not that this is coreutils ... > > > > verbose output is not error output, thus it goes to stdout. > > > > i'd just say outputting to stdout while attempting to use verbose output > > is kind of dumb. if you need this voodoo, just use "-" like everyone > > else instead of messing around with /dev/stdout or /proc/self/fd/1 or > > whatever other silly idea pops into your head. > > Sure, it is dumb, but good programs should be foolproof, don't you think?
foolproof and over engineering for fools is a fine line -mike
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