Wandering Thoughts archives

2010-12-23:	More on the Unix interpreter startup problem
2010-12-22:	The Unix interpreter problem(s)
2010-11-09:	Directory link counts and a `find` trick
2010-11-08:	A `find` optimization and a piece of history, all in one
2010-11-05:	GNU sort and `-k`: a gotcha
2010-10-31:	How I run two Firefoxes at once and still have remote control
2010-10-22:	My theory on Unix's one chance to have a standard GUI
2010-10-11:	The Unix directory problem and the history of directories
2010-09-27:	Why there is no POSIX standard for a Unix GUI
2010-09-25:	How Usenet used to be a filesystem stress test
2010-08-06:	A thing I miss in the modern X world: command line arguments
2010-08-02:	How OpenBSD's pf `source-hash` maps internal IPs to NAT pool IPs
2010-07-30:	A little modern Unix twitch
2010-07-08:	Unix programs should avoid exiting non-zero for clever reasons
2010-07-03:	`/u`, one of our long-standing Unix customizations
2010-06-13:	A (surprising) missing Unix tool program
2010-06-09:	The challenge of analyzing NFS packet traces
2010-05-10:	A little `vi` twitch
2010-05-02:	A brief history of `fsck`
2010-04-15:	The standard format Unix error messages
2010-04-02:	Notes on the compatibility of crypted passwords on various Unixes
2010-03-10:	Mythology about Unix workstations
2010-03-05:	PCs are (or can be) Unix workstations
2010-02-26:	The remaining Unixes (and their manpages)
2010-02-22:	Unix portability and scripting language versions
2010-01-27:	AT&T's mad unbundling and the damage it did to Unix
2010-01-17:	I do not like Unix's fossilization
2010-01-08:	A brief and jaundiced history of Unix packaging systems

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