Peter Memishian wrote: > > What do you think is going to make people using this command > > swear and curse more: > > > > - using -P (as opposed to -p) to get probe info and noting that > > this really should have been lower case like the other output > > modifiers (not to mention that using the shift key is bad) > > > > or > > > > - using -P with ipmpstat but -p with dladm and needing to > > remember that parsable output is achieved with different > > command line options for no good reason. > >I've of course thought about this, and I concluded it was the former >because the only people using -P will be script authors who are used >to dealing with the different argument conventions that exist between >different programs. > >
Why don't you poll the sysadmin-discuss group on OpenSolaris and ask for their answer to the question above? Afterall, they are the people who will end up using it. Darren
