Received: from spf5.us4.outblaze.com (spf5.us4.outblaze.com [205.158.62.27]) by sdf.lonestar.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i9J0nv1F003352 for ; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:50:03 GMT Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [199.232.76.165]) by spf5.us4.outblaze.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C01076E46 for ; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:49:54 +0000 (GMT) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CJiJc-0003Qp-3m for migo@homemail.com; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:57:28 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CJiJI-0003Q0-4o for gnu-arch-users@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:57:08 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CJiJH-0003Pd-BJ for gnu-arch-users@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:57:07 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CJiJH-0003PI-4k for gnu-arch-users@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:57:07 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CJiBb-0005Lg-8v for gnu-arch-users@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:49:11 -0400 Received: from miles by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1CJiBa-0001Rj-I3; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:49:10 -0400 Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:49:10 -0400 To: John Meinel , Dustin Sallings , arch , Zenaan Harkness Subject: Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: File naming conventions Message-ID: <20041019004910.GD3264@fencepost> References: <1098092294.5219.8.camel@johannes> <20041018181822.GD9196@puritan.pcp.ath.cx> <8D7869BC-213A-11D9-A63A-000393CFE6B8@spy.net> <1098141434.19575.42.camel@whiskas.cashpoolcomps.com> <20041018233511.GA31642@fencepost> <0D336108-2162-11D9-A63A-000393CFE6B8@spy.net> <20041019002621.GA3264@fencepost> <41745FDF.2000907@johnmeinel.com> <20041019004004.GC3264@fencepost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041019004004.GC3264@fencepost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Blat: Foop From: Miles Bader Cc: X-BeenThere: gnu-arch-users@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: a discussion list for all things arch-ish List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: gnu-arch-users-bounces+migo=homemail.com@gnu.org Errors-To: gnu-arch-users-bounces+migo=homemail.com@gnu.org Status: RO Content-Length: 1114 Lines: 32 On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 08:40:04PM -0400, Miles Bader wrote: > > Isn't this only true if you used the -0 flag? > > No. Think about it -- why would xargs have problems with whitespace? It > uses newline-separated records as its input (so other whitespace is fine), > and it uses execv or whatever to invoke its command (Which Uses An Argv > Interface For Arguments, And So Has No Problems With Whitespace, Or Newlines > For That Matter). Er, cancel that -- as Dustin points out in a later message, I was wrong: xargs seems to treats any whitespace as a separator, not just newlines. I'm truly shocked actually; it's a completely stupid things for xargs to do. Maybe xargs originally came from system-v instead of bell-labs... :-/ Now excuse me while I wipe this egg off my face... -Miles -- ===== (^o^; (())) *This is the cute octopus virus, please copy it into your sig so it can spread. _______________________________________________ Gnu-arch-users mailing list Gnu-arch-users@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-arch-users GNU arch home page: http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnu-arch/