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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!news.widomaker.com!escape.widomaker.com!not-for-mail From: shendrix@escape.widomaker.com (Charles Shannon Hendrix) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Making UNIX easier... Date: 7 Jun 1995 23:03:54 -0400 Organization: Escape from Widomaker Lines: 23 Message-ID: <3r5paq$856@escape.widomaker.com> References: <3r01s2$aub@felix.junction.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: escape.widomaker.com michael@okjunc.junction.net (Michael Dillon) writes: >In article <3qsuc1$r12@dg.thepoint.net>, >One thing I would like to see rationalised is the locations of >configuration files. Rather than being scattered around the directory >tree, I would like to see an effort made to put these things all in one >place to facilitate building admin shells. This is a good idea. Of course, don't forget that this same problem exists for Windows, Windows NT, OS/2, and the Mac. A little different on the Mac (too many configs in a single place!) but the others all have applications that make free run over ini files and install their configuration information all over the place. My Linux system has config files everywhere. About all I've been able to do is try (largely in vain) to keep all configuration data in the /usr/local partition. Beyond that, I just don't have the time. -- csh --------------------------------------------------------------------------- shendrix@escape.widomaker.com | Linux 1.2.1 / BSD 2.0 http://www.widomaker.com/~shendrix | <<<< UNDER CONSTRUCTION >>>