Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFD w/info-PATCH] device arguments from lookup, partion code | Date | Sat, 19 May 2001 15:02:47 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> ioctls are evil, period. At least with these names you can use normal > scripting and don't need any special tools. Every ioctl means a binary > that has no business to exist.
That is not IMHO a rational argument. It isn't my fault that your shell does not support ioctls usefully. If you used perl as your login shell you would have no problem there.
Alan
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