[U-Boot] RFC: Alternative command name for 'tftpput'

Lothar Waßmann LW at KARO-electronics.de
Tue May 23 08:18:10 UTC 2017


Stefan Roese <sr at denx.de> wrote:

> I'm stumbling again over a problem introduced with the "tftpput"
> command and its naming, as it breaks some of the old scripts that
> I and others still use. As you know, when this command is enabled
> (which I find quite useful from time to time), "tftp" can't be
> used any more as an shorthand for "tftpboot".
> 
> What do others feel about this naming? Would it be acceptable, if
> I post a patch to rename this "tftpput" command into something
> else (e.g. netput, ethput, ...)? Or perhaps its possible to add
> an alias for the "tftpboot" command as "tftp", allowing the
> usage of all 3 commands:
> 
Thou shalt not use abbreviated commands in scripts!
The same thing happens with 'set' as an abbreviation for 'setenv' when
the 'setexpr' command is enabled.


Lothar Waßmann
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