Hello, I have a question here: who uses sbase and why?
aside: On Fri, Dec 13, 2024 at 05:25:54PM +0100, Hiltjo Posthuma wrote: > It would be very useful to add the -0 (NUL separators) and -P (parallel jobs) > options. Can't agree more. Another non-POSIX feature I really like is the date -f- and the hability to write dates like: 'last week', 'next month' ' 1jan + 14 days'. I always fall back on C when I use busybox. > References: > > - OpenBSD xargs -0 (1996-06-11): > > http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/xargs/xargs.c?rev=1.2&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup > - OpenBSD xargs -P (2003-12-06): > > http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/xargs/xargs.c?rev=1.14&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup > - GNU findutils its initial git import has both options (Sun Feb 4 1996). > - Suckless project ideas / sbase TODO/README: > http://suckless.org/project_ideas/ > http://git.suckless.org/sbase/file/README.html#l143 > - POSIX xargs: > https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/xargs.html I don't know if it's relevant but today, the tiny core I use is busybox so I don't know how it maters but: - Busybox findutils: https://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/findutils/xargs.c ( FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_ZERO_TERM FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_PARALLEL ) regards -- Marc Chantreux Pôle CESAR (Calcul et services avancés à la recherche) Université de Strasbourg 14 rue René Descartes, BP 80010, 67084 STRASBOURG CEDEX 03.68.85.60.79
