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Article #268Re: Favorite operating systems query (UNIX vs VMS flaming!!!)
From: Garry Wiegand
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1986 02:06
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1986 02:06
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In a recent article levy@ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy) wrote: >Hardly pointing out the specific problem! Better something like this (under >System V): > >$ who -bogus >who: illegal option -- o >Usage: who [-rbtpludAasHTq] [am i] [utmp_like_file] > >r run level >b boot time >t time changes >... My goodness! I never *ever* saw a Unix program actually use English words and list out the options! What won't they think of next!!!! (As for me, I've always rather enjoyed those clever little "Usage: oink -azmnblooglefungaaa" lines.) More seriously, there pros and cons to this approach - if I just fumble-fingered, and the program has a gazillion options, I DON'T want to wait while they all scroll by. PS - On my system (4.3 BSD), typing "who -bogus" yields: who: cannot open utmp This excellent message is *much more* in the tradition of the Unix. -- garry wiegand (garry%cadif-oak@cu-arpa.cs.cornell.edu)
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!caip!lll-crg!gymble!umcp-cs!seismo!rochester!cornell!batcomputer!garry From: garry@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU (Garry Wiegand) Newsgroups: net.decus,net.unix Subject: Re: Favorite operating systems query (UNIX vs VMS flaming!!!) Message-ID: <602@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU> Date: Thu, 10-Jul-86 22:06:19 EDT Article-I.D.: batcompu.602 Posted: Thu Jul 10 22:06:19 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 12-Jul-86 04:37:53 EDT Reply-To: garry%cadif-oak@cu-arpa.cs.cornell.edu Organization: Cornell Engineering && Flying Moose Graphics Lines: 28