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Re: where does 'cat' get it's info?



Vineet Kumar writes:
> I don't know that it's fair to call this a bug.

If it is supposed to look like a file it should look like a file all the
way.  That may not be feasible though: I haven't looked at the source.

> It's better this way. It hardly makes sense to try to $EDITOR these
> "files" anyway; just use echo and cat.

It makes sense to view them, and new users are likely to do just that.
-- 
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, Wisconsin



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