your mail

[Mike Barcroft]

Andy Farkas <andyf at speednet.com.au> writes:
> On Tue, 8 Apr 2003, Mike Barcroft wrote:
> 
> >   Log:
> >   o Add jls(8) for listing active jails.
> >   o Add jexec(8) to execute a command in an existing jail.
> >   o Add -j option for killall(1) to kill all processes in a specified
> >     jail.
> >   o Add -i option to jail(8) to output jail ID of newly created jail.
> >
> 
> What is the reasoning behind adding another utility (jls) rather than
> incorporating its function into jail(8)?
> 
> ie. perhaps `jail -l' could list jails.

Same reason ipcs(1) and ipcrm(1) are separate utilities.  Each utility
should do one thing well.  But if others want to see these utilities
combined, I'm willing to reconsider.

Best regards,
Mike Barcroft