Re: Assistance required for namespace clash
On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 11:27:27PM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> > I can change pgrep to another name. The problem is that pgrep is a
> > reasonably standard name for a process grep program (such as in some
> > Solarises).
> >
> > I'm not sure what should be done here. Obviously one has to change its
> > name. I really don't want to harras the pgrep maintainer. If I do
> > change it, what do i change it to? procgrep?
>
> procgrep gets my vote. psgrep, suggested elsewhere, is ambiguous and
> might be seen as a tool to grep through ps output. I don't believe this
> is what you intend.
But that's pretty much what it is. I mean not actually, but in terms of
conceptually what it does. I think psgrep is a pretty good name for it.
But it doesn't matter anyway. The PCRE grep program formerly known as pgrep
was renamed upstream to pcregrep some time ago, I just kept a link to it in
the debian package under the old name. I'll change that and let you keep the
standard name for the process grep one.
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