Bill Freeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Yes, the fact that backup files were being acted upon > > instead of ignored might be counted as a bug, but leaving > > junk lying around like that is still just basically rude. > > I'll have to disagree. I find it to be friendly. Perhaps > less so in the days of no subdirectories and a very limited number of > directory entries in the root of a DOS floppy, or if you know of some > standard file suffix that ends in tilde. To each his own.
To leave around a backup file or two is common courtesy *if* there's a really good reason. To leave around multiple backup files for everything in that directory for no real reason is rude and messy. If there's a good reason, better to rename the file to something like: 'ifcfg-eth0.old-config-before-network-renumbering' Of course, that assumes your OS is capable of long file names. In the days of dos, this wasn't possible. In a case like that, it would be courteous IMO to leave behind a README explaining things. -- Seeya, Paul _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
