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If the difference between daemon and script start/stop/daemon/kill was
intentional, I'll stop arguing at this point. :-) I thought this was more or
less a mistake, but now I know better.
By the way, if we changed the syntax, we could have allowed both ways.
Eric
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Sender: Thomas Kear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Recipient: [email protected]
Date: Sunday 01 October 2006 02:31
Subject: Re: [Initng] Initng in FE + the future for initng
> On Monday 02 October 2006 11:11 am, Ismael Luceno wrote:
> > > Many people have already customized their init files to match their
> > > needs, and changing the syntax would put them through a lot of ugly
> > > work. The .i syntax is nearly perfect IMHO, it needs only some minor
> > > cosmetic changes (e.g., "script start = { };" is used for services, but
> > > "script daemon = { };" for daemons).
> >
> > The syntax should be simplified, I think.
>
> This is where I disagree. For a considerable amount of time now, we have
> had the same behaviour for starting and stopping services and daemons, and
> it is purely in the interest of clarity, reflecting the difference between
> the two (that is, that a service runs and (usually) terminates, but a
> daemon will continue to run).
>
> For a daemon:
> start: exec daemon = command; or script daemon = { commands };
> stop: exec kill = command; or script kill = { commands };
>
> For a service:
> start: exec start = command; or script start = { commands };
> stop: exec stop = command; or script stop = { commands };
>
>
> In my opinion there is absolutely nothing wrong with this approach, and
> changing it would just be an exercise in futility when half of the .i files
> have to be re-written.
>
> --qupada
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