On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, Omer Zak wrote: > > On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, Alon Altman wrote: > > > Also, consider making /etc a special filesystem that is actually an > > interface to the configuration daemon for legacy applications. It will need > > to know how to parse common config files, while keeping others as plain > > text. > > This sensible idea raises the following issue: > > Several applications, which are configured from /etc, look also for a dot > file in the user's home directory, and use its contents to override the > /etc copy of the configuration.
The complete version of this: the site/distro defaults are under /usr , the local onfiguration adaptation are under /etc , and the user's final saying in under ~/.* (look at debian's menu system, for instance) -- Tzafrir Cohen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
