On Fri, Dec 13, 2024 at 06:12:00PM +0100, Marc Chantreux wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a question here: who uses sbase and why?
>
> aside:
>
> On Fri, Dec 13, 2024 at 05:25:54PM +0100, Hiltjo Posthuma wrote:
> > It would be very useful to add the -0 (NUL separators) and -P (parallel jobs)
> > options.
>
> Can't agree more.
>
> Another non-POSIX feature I really like is the date -f- and the hability
> to write dates like: 'last week', 'next month' ' 1jan + 14 days'. I
> always fall back on C when I use busybox.
>
> > References:
> >
> > - OpenBSD xargs -0 (1996-06-11):
> > http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/xargs/xargs.c?rev=1.2&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup
> > - OpenBSD xargs -P (2003-12-06):
> > http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/xargs/xargs.c?rev=1.14&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup
> > - GNU findutils its initial git import has both options (Sun Feb 4 1996).
> > - Suckless project ideas / sbase TODO/README:
> > http://suckless.org/project_ideas/
> > http://git.suckless.org/sbase/file/README.html#l143
> > - POSIX xargs:
> > https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/xargs.html
>
> I don't know if it's relevant but today, the tiny core I use is busybox
> so I don't know how it maters but:
>
> - Busybox findutils:
> https://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/findutils/xargs.c
> ( FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_ZERO_TERM FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_PARALLEL )
>
> regards
>
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>
Hi Marc,
Some use sbase for various cases, I did but i admit lately I don't use it.
Coincidently I recently tested some things on Tiny Core Linux with busybox.
It seems they disabled the xargs -P option (in Busybox it is normally enabled
by default).
--
Kind regards,
Hiltjo
Received on Fri Dec 13 2024 - 19:34:41 CET