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Re^2: A thought about usability in Perl and Linux in general.

by Roy Johnson (Monsignor)
on May 18, 2005 at 13:38 UTC ( [id://458334]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

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When a program prompts for missing but required input, that's not going to break any shell scripts or cron jobs. It might cause mysterious hanging instead of simple death when used incorrectly, though.
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Re^3: A thought about usability in Perl and Linux in general.
by brian_d_foy (Abbot) on May 18, 2005 at 13:46 UTC

    I don't prompt for it, I issue an error message. That stuff ends up in a log file or email message, and people can discover what they need to change.

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    brian d foy <brian@stonehenge.com>
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