'I happened to be sitting next to Bill Joy at UCB when he wrote the first "yes"'
a year ago
- #FreeBSD
- #system-utility
- #optimization
- The code snippet shows modifications to a FreeBSD utility, likely the 'yes' command.
- Changes include adding buffer handling for output optimization.
- The utility now supports custom strings passed as arguments, defaulting to 'y'.
- Buffer management is introduced to reduce system calls by batching writes.
- Capsicum security framework is utilized for sandboxing the utility.