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Re: Grep --directories option (POSIX)
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: Grep --directories option (POSIX) |
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02 Jun 2003 13:23:42 -0700 |
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prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc) writes:
> Solaris allows read() on a directory,
Yes in some cases, but not always. It depends on the filesystem.
> but you get the raw binary data. Reading by default here, though
> possible, is probably not a good idea.
I don't see why it's a bad idea. By default grep will output either
'Binary file matches' or nothing; sometimes this is useful
information. It normally costs little to do the read.