giant? Freebsd 9.1 RELEASE: 260k /sbin/ifconfig My Arch box: 76K /usr/bin/ifconf...

ajross · on Sept 20, 2013

This may be the first time I've every heard the "old school unix way" defined as (heh) "packing all related functionality into one command".

But use what you like. Just don't pretend that it's anything other than taste.

mitchty · on Sept 20, 2013

Its more keeping networking related things for interfaces in the InterFaceCONFIG command seems to be a more "one tool for the same thing" in my mind.

GalacticDomin8r · on Sept 21, 2013

> I admit I'm chuckling a little about the idea of udev not being "needed".

If you're calling my tastes simple then guilty as charged.

oscargrouch · on Sept 21, 2013

old school? what about git?

> git pull

> git push

> git clone

or would you prefer a binary for each command:

> git_pull

> git_clone

> git_push

now, what really looks old school to you?

mitchty · on Sept 21, 2013

Its one command with subcommands for each sub function.

What you're contorting is more akin to: ifconfig_wireless ifconfig_vlan ifconfig_foo

Bit of a reach there.