Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!mimsy!chris From: chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: unrming files Message-ID: <7660@mimsy.UUCP> Date: Thu, 23-Jul-87 14:48:35 EDT Article-I.D.: mimsy.7660 Posted: Thu Jul 23 14:48:35 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Jul-87 08:56:19 EDT References: <603@nonvon.UUCP> <27300013@ccvaxa> <705@sol.ARPA> <6155@brl-smoke.ARPA> Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Lines: 13 In article <6155@brl-smoke.ARPA> gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn) writes: >The raw UNIX system ... has no business implementing any PARTICULAR file >backup strategy.... Any specific policy for file management should be >imposed by end-user interfaces -- which the UNIX shell is emphatically NOT. Strange ... for once I agree with an opinion of Doug Gwyn's ... :-) On the other hand, the shell is a programmer interface as well as a language, and programmers, too, may want other file management policies. All this really means is that shells should be easier to write. -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7690) Domain: chris@mimsy.umd.edu Path: seismo!mimsy!chris