More categories for aliases (was Re: something or other)
Michael Morrell
morrell at hpsal2.HP.COM
Fri Jun 10 07:23:51 AEST 1988
/ hpsal2:comp.unix.questions / rml at hpfcdc.HP.COM (Bob Lenk) / 5:37 pm Jun 6, 1988 /
> % rm nosuch
> rm: nosuch nonexistent
>
> In 4.2/4.3BSD, at least, there is a line like
>
> if (!isatty(0)) fflag = 1;
Just another BSD/SysV difference, which explains the differing opinions
(apparently the hyphen in "non-existent" is another):
% rm nosuch
rm: nosuch non-existent
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Of course, according to my Webster's 9th Collegiate, "nonexistent" is not
hyphenated. so, in this case, BSD is correct.
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