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From: Tony Lawrence <tony@aplawrence.com>
Subject: Re: hardware scan References: <93jv45$lgv$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3A5DA58A.789476D7@aplawrence.com> <20010111120344.B1785@jpradley.jpr.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 12:24:35 -0500

Jean-Pierre Radley wrote:
> 
> Tony Lawrence propounded (on Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 07:22:34AM -0500):
> | mswahid@my-deja.com wrote:
> | >
> | > i am looking for a hardware scan tool for sco like ioscan for HP-UX.
> |
> | hw -v and sconf -v are probably what you want.
> 
> You usually want to do hw -mv instead of hw -v.

Programs shouldn't have such flags.  It's Un-Unixy.  Moreover, it
leads the great unwashed to expect the flag EVERYWHERE, which
only leads them to bitter disappointment, followed by deep
depression and subsequent reliance on Microsoft products.

The beautiful philosophy of cooperative tools through stdout and
stdin is sullied by this.  The person responsible should be
banned from programming on Unix platforms for at least six
months.  Also, whoever allowed that to be documented in "man"
should be fined at least $500.00 and shunned for a six week
period by all true believers.

This is just my personal opinion, of course, but I bet Dennis
Ritchie et al. would agree wholeheartedly.

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Therefore, I assure you that not only do I NOT "usually want to
do hw -mv", I will not be recommending such abomination to anyone
else either.

Now go repent your sin :-)

-- 
Tony Lawrence (tony@aplawrence.com)
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