portsnap

[Steve O'Hara-Smith]

On Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:40:59 +0100
Polytropon <freebsd at edvax.de> wrote:

> On Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:44:40 +0000 (UTC), jb wrote:
> 
> > This is not the same what portsnap(8) does:
> > portsnap ... command ...
> > This "command" word is non-executable by itself; it has a meaning only
> > as a special word passed to portsnap command to tell it what to do
> > internally, just a kind of special indicator to be used for conditional
> > processing: if arg=fetch then do-fetch-routine
> > else if arg=update then do-update-routine
> > else ....
> 
> That is _one_ possibility for interpretation. However, the
> bare word "command" carries two, maybe three aspects.
> 1st: the commander: _who_ provides the command?
> 2nd: the command content: _what_ is to be done?
> 3rd: the commanded one: _who_ will execute the command?

	I think it's past time

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Steve O'Hara-Smith <ateve at sohara.org>