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Re: RFC: File transfer commands
- From: Jim Blandy <jimb at codesourcery dot com>
- To: gdb at sourceware dot org
- Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:24:34 -0700
- Subject: Re: RFC: File transfer commands
- References: <20071029195510.GA18673@caradoc.them.org> <200710292029.l9TKTfow009984@d12av02.megacenter.de.ibm.com> <20071029204052.GA875@caradoc.them.org> <m3wst478xz.fsf@codesourcery.com> <20071030184140.GA6970@caradoc.them.org>
Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false.org> writes:
> On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 11:29:12AM -0700, Jim Blandy wrote:
>> Yeah, 'remote ls' seems like the logical missing piece. Why not use
>> 'vFile:' as the prefix for delete, and qXfer for read and write?
>
> No preference really besides bikeshed. More consistency with qXfer,
> less with other file operations. Is the annex the filename or an open
> file descriptor?
It's not a big deal to me at all. I think the person hashing out the
details, writing the docs, and doing the implementation gets to make
the call.