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Re: /etc/setup/setup.cfg ?
- From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
- To: Elfyn McBratney <elfyn at exposure dot org dot uk>
- Cc: cygwin-apps <cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 21:44:49 -0500 (EST)
- Subject: Re: /etc/setup/setup.cfg ?
- Reply-to: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
On Mon, 10 Mar 2003, Elfyn McBratney wrote:
> > On Sun, 9 Mar 2003, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote:
> >
> > > > On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 07:58, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> > > > > On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 07:49:27AM +1100, Robert Collins wrote:
> > > > > >Also, I'd prefer /etc/setup.rc rather that /etc/setup/setup.cfg.
> > > > >
> > > > > Wouldn't /etc/setuprc be somewhat more consistent with existing unix
> > > > > practices?
> > > >
> > > > Sure. I'm happy with that too. Mind you, having an extension allows
> > > > association of a handler in the windows GUI.
> > > >
> > >
> > > *.rc is a Windows resource file though.
> >
> > ... which was the primary reason for my suggesting .cfg in the first
> > place. I'm ok with both setuprc and setup.rc, through (leaning towards
> > setuprc, if we go with Unix style).
>
> How about [/etc/]setup.conf ? it follows the (other) unix convention of
> configuration file naming.
>
> Regards,
> Elfyn McBratney
Perfect. Now, why didn't I think of that? (tm)
Igor
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