Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ulysses.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ggs From: ggs@ulysses.UUCP (Griff Smith) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: DUMP is too verbose Message-ID: <1252@ulysses.UUCP> Date: Thu, 8-May-86 10:01:27 EDT Article-I.D.: ulysses.1252 Posted: Thu May 8 10:01:27 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 10-May-86 20:00:37 EDT References: <138@ubc-vision.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill Lines: 33 > What is the purpose of DUMP periodically repeating its prompts to > mount a new tape, ask for retry, etcetera? Seems redundant to me, and not > in the spirit of Unix, to nag the user in this way and fill the terminal > with verbiage. In our center, the user is an operator. A mild reminder that (s)he has taken too long seems appropriate. The entry on the log file generated by the backup script is also useful for monitoring speed of service. ... > On the same subject, DUMP's prompt lines are too long; couldn't they be > trimmed to 80 (or even 72) characters to avoid ugly wrapping? I would rather have a clear command to the operator than a cryptic comment intended for a wizard. The carriage on our operator's hard-copy console is 132 wide; wrapping is no problem. Are we talking about the same program? Most of the output from "dump" is 60 characters or less. > -- > ______________________________________________________ > > .^.^. Dan Razzell > . o o . Laboratory for Computational Vision > . >v< . University of British Columbia > ______mm.mm___________________________________________ -- Griff Smith AT&T (Bell Laboratories), Murray Hill Phone: (201) 582-7736 Internet: ggs@ulysses.uucp UUCP: ulysses!ggs ( {allegra|ihnp4}!ulysses!ggs )