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> Do you have a problem with the Unix Philosophy? This thread got me thinking about all the unix systems I've used, admin'd, and fought with over the years, an
by bigbillheck 5y ago
> Do you have a problem with the Unix Philosophy?
This thread got me thinking about all the unix systems I've used, admin'd, and fought with over the years, and I suddenly remembered a system I used the early 90s when you couldn't mv a file across filesystem boundaries because what that actually was was really a copy-and-remove and not just a rename, so it was outside mv's domain.
And that's what 'the Unix Philosophy' means to me, and why I consider it not worth much.
- vetinari 5y ago> This thread got me thinking about all the unix systems I've used, admin'd, and fought with over the years, and I suddenly remembered a system I used the early 90s when you couldn't mv a file across filesystem boundaries because what that actually was was really a copy-and-remove and not just a rename, so it was outside mv's domain. Many similar problems like that is exactly the reason why many systems had GNU tools installed; and "GNU's Not Unix!".