Re: pkill.c warn when "no such process"

#1 (**permalink**) 02-23-2008, 05:12 AM

On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 9:48 PM, Ian McWilliam <kaosagnt@tpg.com.au> wrote:
>
> On 23 Feb 2008, at 6:09 AM, Unix Fan wrote:
>
> > Heinrich Rebehn wrote:
> >> You are certainly right. But my point was, that in one case (rm) it
> >> is
> >> appropriate for the system to output an error message, if it cannot
> >> perform an action that the user requested, and in the other case
> >> (pkill)
> >> it's not.
> >>
> >> -Heinrich
> >
> > pkill(1) and pgrep(1) were imported almost 9 releases ago... based
> > on commands defined by another operating system.
> >
> > Why should the behaviour be changed now?
> >
> > It could break countless numbers of scripts..
> >
> >
> >
> > -Nix Fan.
> >
> >
>
>
> OpenBSD was imported over 12 years ago from a tree based upon another
> operating system, whose tree was imported years earlier based upon
> another operating system. With your argument, why bother to fix /
> change anything from the original OS release OpenBSD is based upon.
>
> "It could break countless number of scripts.."
>
I agree this is not a reasonable reason in this case.

> I find it interesting that *BSD (not just OpenBSD) let the GNU crowd
> dictate the future of how U*ix like operating system should behave.
>
you don't seem no know unix, here is a good starting point
http://harmful.cat-v.org/cat-v/unix_prog_design.pdf.

iru

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