• From: Thierry Bezecourt <thbzcrt@w...>
• To: XML List <xml-dev@i...>
• Date: 01 Apr 1999 01:18:16 +0200

"Stephen D. Williams" <sdw@l...> writes:

> A note on the /dev/proc/xml mention: I've been thinking for a while
> that EVERY data/meta-data interface to a typical OS (such as
> Linux/Unix) should have an XML form.  Maybe add or override -X or
> --XML to all commands where it could possibly make sense.  ps,
> netstat, lsof, ifconfig, df, egrep, ls, etc. are all good
> candidates.  Add simple tree/value extraction to bash and you'd have
> more portability for a lot of things.

You may be interested by the LinuXML project. They already
have an XML version of ls (I have not tried it).

http://www.ozemail.com.au/~birchb/linuxml/linuxml.htm

However, subscribing to their mailing list is not easy. I tried, and
gave up.


Thierry Bezecourt

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