On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 11:33:20AM +0200, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > Hi all, > > This is a heads up, as well as a chance for you to give some > input, about two incompatible changes I'm planning for the next > version of rsyncrypto. > > The first change has to do with the "--file-list" option, that > allows giving a list of files to be processed. At the moment, > --file-list is a parameter less option, and it merely changes the > meaning of the first argument from being the actual source file, > to being a list of files that are used as source. If the first > argument is "-", this means that the list is read from standard > input. > > The problem begins when the --name-encrypt option is used for > either decryption or encryption. With this option, the directory > in relation to which the names are interpreted is crucial. The > current scheme leave no other option than "the current directory". > However, asking the client to change the current directory as part > of the program's arguments seems a bit of an onus requirement. > > The change I am planning is to have --file-list accept a single > parameter saying "which file to use", with "-" meaning stdin as > before. The first argument to rsyncrypto will now be the directory > in relation to which the names given in the file list are > interpreted.
That will break my scripts. It's also the right thing to do. Go for it! -Robin -- They say: "The first AIs will be built by the military as weapons." And I'm thinking: "Does it even occur to you to try for something other than the default outcome?" -- http://shorl.com/tydruhedufogre http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** http://www.lojban.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Rsyncrypto-devel mailing list Rsyncrypto-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rsyncrypto-devel
