bug#8500: util: where am i

2011-04-18 Thread Panagiotis Tsiamis
Hey bob, You are really funny :) In which movie you saw that thing ? Anyway, if all of you still agree that the old fashion cli that is common legacy of unix back to 60s must continue as is and nothing new and clever should arise after 50 years i have nothing more to say. And yes i believe that

bug#8500: util: where am i

2011-04-18 Thread Cédric Arbogast
Hello, You argue about the old fashioned way of the GNU tools without regard on compatibility, compaction and efficiency requirements. A whereim command implies providing a functionnality already provided by other tools. Multiple tools for the same things is, imho, not the best choice in the

bug#8500: util: where am i

2011-04-15 Thread Panagiotis Tsiamis
Dear Bjartur, I don't dissagree about your opinion that involves ssh utillity to do this job (it could possibly also keep a look of systems that you recently connect also) but together with ssh there also are rsh/rlogin, telnet, and other remote connection software that can be used from cli. I

bug#8500: util: where am i

2011-04-15 Thread Erik Auerswald
Hi, please don't top post, thanks. And keep on reading for inline comments. ;-) On 04/15/2011 09:33 AM, Panagiotis Tsiamis wrote: 2011/4/15 Bjartur Thorlaciussvartma...@gmail.com On 4/14/11, Panagiotis Tsiamisptsia...@gmail.com wrote: Request for adding one more feature on the utillity

bug#8500: util: where am i

2011-04-15 Thread Bob Proulx
Erik Auerswald wrote: uname -n A problem with uname is that traditionally this would truncate names to eight characters. (I once had a hostname aphrodite and it would always emit aphrodit.) The uname structures are really problematic. I recommend avoiding them. All in all I don't see a need

bug#8500: util: where am i

2011-04-14 Thread Bjartur Thorlacius
On 4/14/11, Panagiotis Tsiamis ptsia...@gmail.com wrote: Request for adding one more feature on the utillity whoami. The feature should be able to called by where am i or whereami And should locate: a) System hostname b) ip of the system c) current working directory d) anything else that

bug#8500: util: where am i

2011-04-14 Thread Bob Proulx
severity 8500 wishlist thanks Panagiotis Tsiamis wrote: Request for adding one more feature on the utillity whoami. The feature should be able to called by where am i or whereami And should locate: a) System hostname $ hostname b) ip of the system You tickled a pet issue of mine.