Antony Mawer wrote: > Oliver Fromme wrote: > > PS: Personally I would recommend installing gnu-awk (it > > was formerly part of the FreeBSD base system, but it was > > replaced by a crippled awk, unfortunately), instead of > > hacking date. I always install gnu-awk because it's so > > useful. > > That's a bit drastic. Wouldn't be more sensible to encourage someone to > add the same feature to our BSD-variety awk? I apologize, my words were probably a bit harsh. I'm very sorry for that. I agree that it would be useful to add strftime() to our version of awk. I would be willing to implement it myself and send-pr a patch (i.e.: yes, I volunteer), but only if such a feature would be accepted and commited. I wouldn't like to spend time on a patch and then be refused because it's just regarded as bloat ... Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing Dienstleistungen mit Schwerpunkt FreeBSD: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. "Clear perl code is better than unclear awk code; but NOTHING comes close to unclear perl code" (taken from comp.lang.awk FAQ)Received on Sat Aug 19 2006 - 09:05:13 UTC
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