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On Thu, 1 Aug 2013 10:46:04 -0500, »Q« wrote: |
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> > "Everything is a file", nor does the man page say anything about not |
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> > using it to mask out directories. Bearing in mind that this is the |
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> > means chosen by the devs, it is reasonable to assume that it is |
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> > practicable. |
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> Elsewhere, man make.conf uses "[space delimited list of files and/or |
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> directories]", e.g. when describing CONFIG_PROTECT's value. IMO it's |
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> reasonable to expect the man page to be consistent. |
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Reasonable yes, but also a little optimistic considering the way it has |
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grown organically. However that doesn't change my main point , that one |
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could simply try it - which is how I determined that directories worked. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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We shall shortly be landing. Please return your stewardess to |
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the upright position. |
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