> Well, if we're putting in "blue sky" ideas, I think it might > be nice to have an option to direct the output to a file > (instead of or in addition to stdout/stderr).
With you so far... > The output > should be in XML format. OK, I'm getting a bit crazy now. But > there are a TON of well defined XML parsers that could be > used in an application which might use this interface (say > for a GUI or something). Why impose the XML transcoder overhead? Most of this stuff is CR/LF-terminated text lines. What value does XML encoding add here (given the extra complexity of stripping all that noise out)? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
