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Re: RFE: allowing "" as a path specification for 'current dir' w/o prepe


From: Bernhard Voelker
Subject: Re: RFE: allowing "" as a path specification for 'current dir' w/o prepending './' ?
Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2017 18:49:09 +0100
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On 03/03/2017 07:16 PM, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> I think you should be careful about adding *another* option (or worse
> environment variable) to find. It is already a real complex command with
> corresponding very long documentation. Adding options has a therefore a
> generic cost. I personally think that the justification for this
> option (Afaiui: "./ is ugly.") does not outweigh *this* generic cost.
> And there is more than that, testsuite and implementation, plus further
> divergence from other find implementations.

Nice summary, thanks!

Have a nice day,
Berny



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