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- From: messina@netcom.com (Tony Porczyk)
- Subject: Re: Sort problem . .
- Message-ID: <33pmgah.messina@netcom.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 19:14:36 GMT
- Organization: Messina Software
- References: <1992Jul27.123415.977@leland.Stanford.EDU> <zynm!yh.messina@netcom.com> <1992Jul29.205422.6336@prl.dec.com> <7=pmx9.messina@netcom.com> <1992Jul30.094428.17460@prl.dec.com>
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- boyd@prl.dec.com (Boyd Roberts) writes:
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- >In article <7=pmx9.messina@netcom.com>, messina@netcom.com (Tony Porczyk) writes:
- >>
- >> BTW, since when is stderr reserved for "non-information"? Frankly, I
- >> say send to stderr anything that is non-essential in the redirection of
- >> stdout or in piping of stdout, such as sorting.
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- >Standard error is for _errors_.
- >If it's `non-essential' then don't output it in the first place.
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- Do you get all those answers from a book? Let me ask you a question -
- does a usefulness of a utility make any difference, or is it all
- according to what you found written somewhere? I mean, have you ever
- tried being *flexible* to accomplish your task?
-
- t.
-