Re: CVS commit: src/usr.sbin/wake

[Simon Burge <simonb%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

Marc Balmer wrote:

> Am 27.06.2009 um 00:08 schrieb Marc Balmer:
> 
> >
> > Am 26.06.2009 um 20:22 schrieb David Laight:
> >
> >> On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 01:38:32PM -0400, Christos Zoulas wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I think this utility should be renamed wakeonlan because wake is  
> >>> too generic.
> >>
> >> FWIW I agree ...
> >
> > I disagree.  Totally.
> >
> 
> and I forgot to mention why:  the command name reflects what the  
> command does,
> not how it does it.  wakeonlan would be misleading, because a LAN  
> could also
> be a token ring, where this would nor work... (ok, exaggerating a bit,  
> but you get
> the idea)
> 
> should we rename ssh to sshovertcpip ;)  tcpdump to tcpdumponlan?

"wake" is a lot more generic term than "ssh" or "tcpdump".  When I first
saw the subject "CVS commit: src/usr.sbin/wake" it wasn't in any way
obvious that this sent wake-on-lan packets to remote hosts.  My first
guess was something that "woke up" processes blocked in the kernel that
are otherwise unkillable - try "man -k wake" for example.

Cheers,
Simon.