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From: kevin@uts.amdahl.com (Kevin Clague)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: RFC: Amigix (was Re: Unix V7 functi
Message-ID: <0fsYK90nyi1010tJHM2@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>
Date: 24 Mar 89 03:45:23 GMT
References: <19104857@pawl24.pawl.rpi.edu> <261600001@trsvax>
Reply-To: kevin@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Kevin Clague)
Organization: Amdahl Corporation,  Sunnyvale, CA 94086
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In article <261600001@trsvax> johnm@trsvax.UUCP writes:
>
>I like the idea but think it needs at least one more thing.  A unix compatible
>wildcard expansion mechanism.  With this we could build the set of unix
>tools that so many of us would like to have on our Amigas.  A shell just
>doesn't cut it in many situations because...
>
>	A) Many have really annoying restrictions on what you can enter in the
>	shell.  One of the older shells would not let you run EXECUTE under it.
>	What a pain.
>
>	B) Tools don't sit there continually sucking up memory.  A shell does.
>
>	C) You can't replace PART of a shell.  You can replace ONE tool.
>
>Even if you only get partway, post what you get done.  It will be welcomed.
>
>John Munsch

I appreciate the spirit of this posting, but let's not let it get into
a religious discussion of wildcards like the one in comp.sys.amiga.
Thanks,
Kevin
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