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- From: pack@acd.acd.ucar.edu (Daniel Packman)
- Subject: Verbose errors on demand - was Re: The Problem with UNIX
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.232649.3344@ncar.ucar.edu>
- Summary: environment variable could control it
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- Organization: Ntl Center for Atmospheric Research, Atmospheric Chemistry
- References: <aldavi01.721333614@starbase.spd.louisville.edu> <1992Nov11.194557.16258@yarc.uucp> <1992Nov12.204710.5808@reed.edu>
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 23:26:49 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov12.204710.5808@reed.edu> kanderso@reed.edu (Karl Anderson) writes:
- >
- >Is there any reason why there can't be another stream for more
- >user-friendly messages? We have stdin and stderr, why can't there be
- >a standard verbose stream as well? Experienced users could just
- >direct it to /dev/null , or, to save cpu time, could have a flag that
- >would disable it altogether.
- >
- I see no reason for the complexity of another stream... just have an
- environment variable "VERBOSE" which, when defined, would give reams
- of nasty commentary, ring terminal bells, and blow terminal whistles.
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