2010/7/17 Garrett Cooper <[email protected]>: > On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 6:34 AM, joris dedieu <[email protected]> wrote: >> This patch add a -t switch to install(3). This is a small feature for >> lazy sysadmins. >> >> before : >> >> touch /usr/home/foo/.history /usr/home/foo/.bash_history >> chown foo /usr/home/foo/.history /usr/home/foo/.bash_history >> chmod 600 /usr/home/foo/.history /usr/home/foo/.bash_history >> chflags sappend /usr/home/foo/.history /usr/home/foo/.bash_history >> >> after : >> >> install -o foo -g foo -m 600 -f sappend /usr/home/foo/.history >> /usr/home/foo/.bash_history > > And why isn't creating a 4-command bourne shell script which does There are a lot of one shot things that don't need a script. > all of these operations an option? install is used a lot in the build > process both on the FreeBSD side and the ports side, so I'd prefer if > it was as minimalist as possible. Well, install is also powerful cp, mkdir, useful on everyday administration so I thought it should also be a powerful touch. And why not more than that ? a powerful file management tool.
I understand that build process is critical and with FreeBSD it's "just work". In this perspective this patch is maybe not a necessity. It was fun to do it :) Joris > Thanks, > -Garrett > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
