On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 09:37:29AM -0800, Hugh McIntyre wrote: > >Of course, because shell dot files are scripts whose flow control we > >could not analyze in such a tool, such a tool would be limited to users > >whose shell dot files adhere to some conventions (which the account > >skeleton's would). > > Exactly the point above. Which prevents this being a robust solution.
The convention might be that there's a new dot file where the managed *PATH variables' settings are stored and that dot files are supposed to "source" it (or a transformation of it). This would only work for users that adhere to this convention. New users would, and since we're aiming and being friendlier to new users this might be worthwhile. But more than anything I want to know just what is a non-starter w.r.t. PATH management. Any ideas? Nico --
