On 2006-05-26 at 11:44 -0500, David Champion wrote: > The OP asked that -h be made a published interface to help, absent any > particular reason not to. So what's a particular reason not to? I say: > not much.
That's the one I was remembering, and presenting an argument against (as a specific instance). However: > And why should "use lstat/lchown/lwhatever" take precedence over "help, > please" anyway? If you need lsomething(), you're familiar enough to > find out how to do it, or to remember. If you need help, you know > little to nothing. Help should be the easiest thing to get. Good point; I concede -- I was wrong. OP: sorry David: thanks for the clue. -- VISTA: Viruses, Infections, Spyware, Trojans & Adware
