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

["Perry E. Metzger" <perry%piermont.com@localhost>]

Simon Burge <simonb%NetBSD.org@localhost> writes:
> "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.

That was my exact guess too, which is why I agree that a slightly more
descriptive name would be good.

Perry