Messages in this thread | | | From | Bill Huey <> | Subject | Re: I discussed reading directories as files with jra, Stallman, and loic | Date | Mon, 21 Jun 1999 01:10:43 -0700 (PDT) |
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> Ugh, I do think that one should be in a library somewhere. > > In the specific case of /etc/services, which should be ordered but only [snip] > service name? The number? Any one of the aliases? IMHO the file doesn't > really fit the directory lookup paradigm at all. So why try and force it > into one? > > Matthias Urlichs | noris network GmbH | smurf@noris.de | ICQ: 20193661
Uh, the idea of having stuff in /etc work like the old flaky NeXTStep Mach/Unix conjures up past nightmares of constant flakiness of using that particular feature.
Uhg, Text files are good, monkey man scratch... (scratch scratch)
;-)
bill
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