Technically, having the command fail or truncate output because the user didn't anticipate the size of the response correctly seems a major step backwards. Principle of Least Astonishment dictates that the command shoulb do the Right Thing w/o user intervention. Hcp does, vmcp does not, forcing the user to deal with a unnecessary (and incompatible) implementation estriction.
Since when has U*ix ever followed the Principle of Least Astonishment? This seems perfectly in keeping with the long, if not so noble U*ix tradition of commands doing odd things and not telling the user about them....;-) (Sorry couldn't resist....) DJ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
