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Re: Output format improvment for ifconfig(8)

To: Malcolm Herbert <mjch%mjch.net@localhost>
Subject: Re: Output format improvment for ifconfig(8)
From: David Holland <dholland-current%netbsd.org@localhost>
Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2012 03:19:26 +0000

On Thu, Nov 01, 2012 at 05:16:27PM +1100, Malcolm Herbert wrote:
 > ... whilst we're[1] fiddling with this format, why not go the whole hog
 > and make something really machine-readable with an XML format output?

Because XML is gross.

Besides, this is Unix; a "machine-readable" output should be columnar
text.

-- 
David A. Holland
dholland%netbsd.org@localhost

References:
- Output format improvment for ifconfig(8)
  - From: Paul Goyette
- Re: Output format improvment for ifconfig(8)
  - From: Alan Barrett
- Re: Output format improvment for ifconfig(8)
  - From: Malcolm Herbert

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