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From: gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: am I in background?
Message-ID: <3004@brl-tgr.ARPA>
Date: Thu, 7-Nov-85 21:01:44 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov  7 21:01:44 1985
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> I am trying to implement an automatic audit trail mechanism which allows users
> to enter optional comments at the beginning of major system utilities (sort,
> awk, sed, etc.)  The problem is that many of our users frequently use pipes,
> file redirection, and background processing, thus making the task of knowing
> when to query for a comment more complex.

This fellow seems to be serious!!

May I suggest that he instead implement aud_sort, aud_awk, aud_sed,
or maybe even a general "aud" command to collect his audits and
leave the system utilities themselves alone.

And I thought I'd heard them all...