Foppers, I'm beginning to realise what a mighty cultural gulf I'm talking across. As an aid to understanding, I have just tried the following on my linux system. (Note that we are talking binaries here.)
$ cd /usr/bin $ ls | (xargs ident 2>/dev/null) | less The results are patchy. For most files you see a results like < artsmessage: artsplay: artsrec: > i.e. No keywords. Then you get things like < cancel: $Id: lprm.c,v 1.19 2002/03/06 17:02:54 papowell Exp $ > and at the other end of the scale < mailq: $Id: main.c,v 8.485.4.65 2001/07/20 00:53:00 gshapiro Exp $ $Id: sendmail.h,v 8.517.4.70 2001/08/14 23:08:12 ca Exp $ $Id: alias.c,v 8.142.4.11 2001/05/03 17:24:01 gshapiro Exp $ $Id: arpadate.c,v 8.23.20.2 2001/05/07 22:07:26 gshapiro Exp $ $Id: bf_portable.c,v 8.25.4.6 2001/05/03 17:24:01 gshapiro Exp $ $Id: clock.c,v 8.52.18.18 2001/08/14 16:07:04 ca Exp $ $Id: collect.c,v 8.136.4.22 2001/06/07 21:01:02 ca Exp $ $Id: conf.c,v 8.646.2.2.2.87 2001/07/20 23:56:52 gshapiro Exp $ $OrigId: getloadavg.c,v 1.16 1991/06/21 12:51:15 paul Exp $ $Id: control.c,v 8.44.14.20 2001/05/03 17:24:03 gshapiro Exp $ $Id: convtime.c,v 8.25 1999/06/16 21:11:26 ca Exp $ $Id: daemon.c,v 8.401.4.68 2001/07/20 18:45:58 gshapiro Exp $ $Id: deliver.c,v 8.600.2.1.2.86 2001/07/20 21:52:55 gshapiro Exp $ $Id: domain.c,v 8.114.6.1.2.8 2001/02/12 21:40:19 gshapiro Exp $ $Id: envelope.c,v 8.180.14.10 2001/05/03 17:24:06 gshapiro Exp $ $Id: err.c,v 8.120.4.5 2001/08/17 22:09:40 ca Exp $ $Id: headers.c,v 8.203.4.13 2001/05/03 17:24:06 gshapiro Exp $ $Id: macro.c,v 8.40.16.9 2001/02/22 01:16:55 gshapiro Exp $ $Id: map.c,v 8.414.4.55 2001/08/15 22:08:58 gshapiro Exp $ $Id: mci.c,v 8.133.10.8 2001/05/03 17:24:10 gshapiro Exp $ $Id: milter.c,v 8.50.4.53 2001/08/15 02:01:03 ca Exp $ $Id: mime.c,v 8.94.16.3 2000/10/09 02:46:10 gshapiro Exp $ $Id: parseaddr.c,v 8.234.4.13 2001/08/14 23:08:13 ca Exp $ $Id: queue.c,v 8.343.4.62 2001/07/20 00:53:01 gshapiro Exp $ $Id: readcf.c,v 8.382.4.43 2001/08/14 23:08:13 ca Exp $ $Id: recipient.c,v 8.231.14.11 2001/05/03 17:24:14 gshapiro Exp $ $Id: savemail.c,v 8.212.4.13 2001/05/03 17:24:15 gshapiro Exp $ $Id: sfsasl.c,v 8.17.4.15 2001/07/11 17:37:07 gshapiro Exp $ $Id: shmticklib.c,v 8.6 2000/02/26 01:32:27 gshapiro Exp $ $Id: srvrsmtp.c,v 8.471.2.2.2.78 2001/06/26 18:52:21 gshapiro Exp $ $Id: stab.c,v 8.40.16.7 2001/05/07 22:06:41 gshapiro Exp $ $Id: stats.c,v 8.36.14.5 2001/02/14 04:07:30 gshapiro Exp $ $Id: sysexits.c,v 8.25 1999/09/23 19:59:24 ca Exp $ $Id: timers.c,v 8.13.16.1 2000/10/09 01:06:45 gshapiro Exp $ $Id: trace.c,v 8.20.22.4 2001/08/15 13:05:43 ca Exp $ $Id: udb.c,v 8.111.16.2 2001/05/03 17:24:17 gshapiro Exp $ $Id: usersmtp.c,v 8.245.4.34 2001/06/26 21:55:23 gshapiro Exp $ $Id: util.c,v 8.225.2.1.2.26 2001/06/01 08:23:25 gshapiro Exp $ $Id: version.c,v 8.43.4.39 2001/08/20 14:45:34 gshapiro Exp $ $Id: debug.c,v 8.2 1999/07/26 04:04:09 gshapiro Exp $ $Id: safefile.c,v 8.81.4.10 2001/07/20 04:19:36 gshapiro Exp $ $Id: snprintf.c,v 8.27.16.4 2001/07/20 04:19:37 gshapiro Exp $ $Id: strl.c,v 8.5.14.2 2000/09/17 17:04:24 gshapiro Exp $ > rcs, as one might expect, looks like < rcs: $Id: rcsbase.h,v 5.20 1995/06/16 06:19:24 eggert Exp $ $Id: rcs.c,v 5.21 1995/06/16 06:19:24 eggert Exp $ $Id: rcslex.c,v 5.19 1995/06/16 06:19:24 eggert Exp $ $Id: rcssyn.c,v 5.15 1995/06/16 06:19:24 eggert Exp $ $Id: rcsrev.c,v 5.10 1995/06/16 06:19:24 eggert Exp $ $Id: rcsutil.c,v 5.20 1995/06/16 06:19:24 eggert Exp $ $Id: rcsgen.c,v 5.16 1995/06/16 06:19:24 eggert Exp $ $Id: rcsedit.c,v 5.19 1995/06/16 06:19:24 eggert Exp $ $Id: rcskeys.c,v 5.4 1995/06/16 06:19:24 eggert Exp $ $Id: rcsmap.c,v 5.3 1995/06/16 06:19:24 eggert Exp $ $Id: rcsfnms.c,v 5.16 1995/06/16 06:19:24 eggert Exp $ $Id: rcskeep.c,v 5.10 1995/06/16 06:19:24 eggert Exp $ $Id: maketime.c,v 5.11 1995/06/16 06:19:24 eggert Exp $ $Id: partime.c,v 5.13 1995/06/16 06:19:24 eggert Exp $ $Id: rcstime.c,v 1.4 1995/06/16 06:19:24 eggert Exp $ > On the other hand, there's < $ ident /usr/sbin/httpd /usr/sbin/httpd: ident warning: no id keywords in /usr/sbin/httpd > Peter --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
