Re: sed/${SED} and pax/${PAX}

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Subject: Re: sed/${SED} and pax/${PAX}
From: Aleksey Cheusov <cheusov%tut.by@localhost>
Date: 2008年1月06日 20:14:09 +0200

 >> Calling the commands by their plain name instead of the macros
 >> is only available in the {pre,do,post}-* targets. For all other
 >> targets, you should still use the macros.
> This seems confusing. I would rather see consistiency.
Just IMHO - too much non-alphabetic symbols like $ { } [ ] ( ) % @
etc. makes the program ugly and hard to read. Using plain cp/pax
etc. looks much better provided that these names refer to the good
real programs and this should be garanteed (and it is AFAIU).
-- 
Best regards, Aleksey Cheusov.

References:
- sed/${SED} and pax/${PAX}
  - From: D'Arcy J.M. Cain
- Re: sed/${SED} and pax/${PAX}
  - From: Roland Illig
- Re: sed/${SED} and pax/${PAX}
  - From: D'Arcy J.M. Cain

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