Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Implement `file-attributes' with perl(1)

2000-05-28 Thread Kai Großjohann
"Stefan Monnier" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: "Daniel" == Daniel Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: * Get group and user name on any machine with perl. Last I checked, this is never used. The standard `file-attributes' does not have this `nonnumeric' argument and the rcp.el code never uses

Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Implement `file-attributes' with perl(1)

2000-05-28 Thread Daniel Pittman
On Sun, 28 May 2000, Kai Großjohann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Daniel Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't want to drop this into the main source tree without some comment though. There are several good points to it: [...] I had a look at your patch and I like it, though I didn't

[RFC] [PATCH] Implement `file-attributes' with perl(1)

2000-05-27 Thread Daniel Pittman
Attached is a patch that implements the `file-attributes' command on a remote machine using the perl(1) executable, if it was found. It should fall back to the ls(1) implementation if there is not a useful perl on the remote machine, although that part is not really tested. I don't want to drop

Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Implement `file-attributes' with perl(1)

2000-05-27 Thread Stefan Monnier
"Daniel" == Daniel Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: * Get group and user name on any machine with perl. Last I checked, this is never used. The standard `file-attributes' does not have this `nonnumeric' argument and the rcp.el code never uses it either. * Very simple lisp for

Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Implement `file-attributes' with perl(1)

2000-05-27 Thread Daniel Pittman
On 27 May 2000, Stefan Monnier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: "Daniel" == Daniel Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: * Get group and user name on any machine with perl. Last I checked, this is never used. The standard `file-attributes' does not have this `nonnumeric' argument and the rcp.el code