[patch] add ip addr del alias for delete [was: Re: ipaddr applet query]

Bernhard Fischer rep.nop at aon.at
Fri Mar 31 06:52:17 UTC 2006


On Thu, Mar 30, 2006 at 04:04:23PM -0600, Jason Schoon wrote:
>It's a good point, I actually had a patch I was going to submit because the
>example script for zcip uses del, rather than delete (as did I before
>training myself to use delete).
>
>On 3/30/06, Adam Hawes <adamh at adpro.com.au> wrote:
>>
>> > Please let me know if the attached patch fixes the missing
>> > "del" command
>> > for you.
>> >
>> > It was made against the 1.1.1 version but should apply cleanly against
>> > 1.01, too.
>>
>> Yes, it fixes the problem, thanks.  My email wasn't specifically a problem
>> (I've learned to use 'delete').  I was more pointing it out because the
>> documents and usage statement listed 'del' instead of 'delete'.

I guess that alot of scripts do use delete or variations down to de.

Maybe we should teach the compare_string_array() to match all these to
be compatible with th big versions? Would make up a nice config option
in the "Busybox Library Tuning" menu..



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