[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Hi,
>
> > > smtp stream tcp nowait qmaild /var/qmail/bin/tcp-env
> > > tcp-env /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd
> > parameter #7 (don't ask me why you have to specify the path and the
> > name separately -- botch, botch).
>
> I suppose the name is what is passed as argv[0] to the process. This
> may be different, than the filename, and there are programs who act
> differently according to what argv[0] contains.
Right, but introduce a gratuitious incompatibility?? Everywhere else
under Unix where the above behavior is desired, it's accomplished
through a hard link. There was absolutely *zero* reason to introduce
this new method for setting argv[0] to different values for the same
program. As I said, "botch, botch".
A lot of what we use for standards in Unix was invented off the cuff
by peach-bearded Berkeley freshmen. I agree 100% with Linus and djb
-- that we must not worship BSD or SYSV as *the* only or best way of
doing things. A lot of the shit that Linus and Dan get is from people
who worship California and New Jersey hackers. While I respect those
hackers, neither do I think they've invented the last way of doing
something.
Pay attention to the way Dan designs programs. Typically they are
more sublime than most other things you'll find in Unix -- for
example, Bernstein chaining, or supervising a daemon, or logging
standard error.
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