On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 09:54:54AM +0000, Lester Caine wrote:
>
> *IS* the problem described simply documentation. Since the functions are
> available in various OS's, 'stdout' seems reasonable to me ... I expect it to
> work on Linux but probably due to coming from a windows background?
On unix systems, it is a widely respected convention that telling a
command to write to standard output or read from standard input is done
either by omitting the file name or by using "-". Using a string like
"stdin" or "stdout" which looks like a normal filename is really
unusual, unexpected and surprising. I remember I've been also very
surprised when I found out (or rather when I was told).
However, as gbak has been working this way for a long time, I guess
properly documenting the behaviour should be sufficient. After all, the
risk that someone would accidentally name their backup file "stdin" or
"stdout" is very low.
Michal Kubecek
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