proposal for cosmetic change: prompts

Darren Moffat Darren.Moffat at eng.sun.com
Thu Jun 7 09:12:54 EST 2001


>Before:
>  ecashin at nilda ecashin$ ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_dsa
>  Need passphrase for /home/ecashin/.ssh/id_dsa
>  Enter passphrase for /home/ecashin/.ssh/id_dsa 
>
>After (model 1):
>  ecashin at nilda ecashin$ ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_dsa
>  Need passphrase for /home/ecashin/.ssh/id_dsa
>  Enter passphrase for "/home/ecashin/.ssh/id_dsa": 
>
>After (model 2):
>  ecashin at nilda ecashin$ ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_dsa
>  Need passphrase for /home/ecashin/.ssh/id_dsa
>  Enter passphrase for identity (/home/ecashin/.ssh/id_dsa): 
>
>There's a space after the colon, BTW.  If this cosmetic change is
>desirable, which is preferable, model one or model two?

model 3:

ecashin at nilda ecashin$ ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_dsa
Enter passphrase for /home/ecashin/.ssh/id_dsa:


Why bother saying Need and then Enter since Enter implies Need.

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Darren J Moffat




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