[patch #4916] [PATCH] xargs -J (FreeBSD compatibility)

[Robert Millan]

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                 Summary: [PATCH] xargs -J (FreeBSD compatibility)
                 Project: findutils
            Submitted by: robertmh
            Submitted on: Fri 02/17/06 at 11:34
                Category: xargs enhancement
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: None
           Fixed Release: None

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Please could you add -J as an alias for -I ?  This is for compatibility with
FreeBSD.

2006-02-17  Robert Millan  <address@hidden>

        * xargs/xargs.c: Accept -J as an alias for -I, but do not document
it,
        since this is just a FreeBSD compatibility extension.

diff -ur findutils-4.2.27.old/xargs/xargs.c findutils-4.2.27/xargs/xargs.c
--- findutils-4.2.27.old/xargs/xargs.c  2005-12-04 03:51:36.000000000 +0100
+++ findutils-4.2.27/xargs/xargs.c      2006-02-17 11:28:27.000000000 +0100
@@ -508,6 +508,7 @@
          return 0;

        case 'I':               /* POSIX */
+       case 'J':               /* FreeBSD compat */
        case 'i':               /* deprecated */
          if (optarg)
            bc_ctl.replace_pat = optarg;




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