On Sat, Jul 19, 2003 at 02:04:11PM +1200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Don't assume everybody uses GNU date. ;-)
> This happens to be a Linux mailing list... not a soloris list.
1. I don't use Solaris on a regular basis. Don't assume I do.
2. My example was not generated using a version of date supplied with
Solaris.
3. If you want to get really pedantic about this: if this is a Linux
mailing list, we should be discussing Linux, the kernel, only.
4. Not every user of Linux (the kernel) uses all-GNU tools as part of
their distribution. Observing the differences between implementations
of particular tools across distributions, and operating systems, is a
fairly healthy thing to do. Assuming that every UNIX (or derivative)
user in the world uses bash for their shell, and GNU tools where ever
possible indicates that one is a user who emits very few cluons. All
the world is not GNU.
-mjg
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