Re: off-box mirror-stream and friends

[Bill Hacker <wbh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Michael Neumann wrote:
> Am Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:45:45 +0100
> schrieb Michael Neumann <mneumann@ntecs.de>:

*trimmed*

> Looking at function getyn() posted by Bill Hacker I
> eventually understand what's wrong. Code - the universal language...
>
> So, really, the best thing that we can do is to introduce a
> --force-slave-pfs-creation switch and replace the getyn() call in
> cmd_mirror.c by a simple if (ForceSlavePfsCreation...). I like this
> more than the original approach (using ttys), as it is usable from
> within scripts.

Agree that.  I still like the countdown as in cmd_pseudofs.c

A Ctrl-c DOES work, and five second longer setup time is no show-stopper.

> While we are working on this, we could replace all
> interactivity in hammer utilities with optional command line switches.
> So the strategy could be: first look if there is a switch specified, if
> not, fall back to /dev/tty, if this fails, assume NO.
>
> I do not like a command line switch "-f", which means anything
> (including force). It's too easy to mix it up with "-f" meaning
> "--file". Think about doing some admin work late after midnight, and
> your fingers go again faster than your brain; while a "rm -rf" on a
> Hammer FS would give you a second chance, a mixed up "hammer
> mirror-copy -f" would probably not :). I really would like to see a
> --force here (or a more specific one).
>
> Regards,
>
>   Michael

Agree single-character options are impossible to keep straight. And 
scripts don't care much anyway.

How about these ones:

-jfdi		--just-fucking-do-it

-bfbim		--brute-force-and-bloody-ignorance-mode

(my coding style, BTW. forth breeds that sort of um.. 'elegance')		

;-)

Bill