am I in background?

[Doug Gwyn <gwyn>]

> I am trying to implement an automatic audit trail mechanism which allows users
> to enter optional comments at the beginning of major system utilities (sort,
> awk, sed, etc.)  The problem is that many of our users frequently use pipes,
> file redirection, and background processing, thus making the task of knowing
> when to query for a comment more complex.

This fellow seems to be serious!!

May I suggest that he instead implement aud_sort, aud_awk, aud_sed,
or maybe even a general "aud" command to collect his audits and
leave the system utilities themselves alone.

And I thought I'd heard them all...