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basename, dirname why not built-in?
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Dan Jacobson |
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basename, dirname why not built-in? |
Date: |
13 Feb 2002 12:47:23 +0800 |
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Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 |
$ type basename
basename is /bin/basename
OK, but I've seen a lost of built-ins that do more than basename...
So how can one justify having built-ins for some of the simple stuff
in /bin but not all of them? Got to make a definition of where to
draw the line. Lots of them or none of them.
$ type dirname
dirname is /usr/bin/dirname
Isn't that one just child's play to implement... wouldn't there be no
better a justification for a built-in than dirname? [save lots of CPU
time per call.]
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