>>>>> On 25 Apr 1998 02:56:05 -0500, Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
Manoj> Hi, >>> "Kai" == Kai Henningsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Kai> /var/list/.bin/mimencap.local /var/list/.etc/archive.txt Kai> /var/list/.etc/help.txt /var/list/.etc/rc.archive Kai> /var/list/.etc/rc.custom /var/list/.etc/rc.main Kai> /var/list/.etc/rc.post /var/list/.etc/rc.request Kai> /var/list/.etc/rc.submit /var/list/.etc/subscribe.txt Kai> /var/list/.etc/unsubscribe.txt Manoj> What on earth are these files? If they are user Manoj> configurable, Manoj> how come they are in hidden directories? Why are they not in Manoj> a subdir of /etc, with a symlink as needed? This seems like a Manoj> bug to me. These files I understand. They are smartlist files (if I'm not mistaken) and you get a new set of them for each list you run. Each list uses the default in .etc. The reason they can't really be put in /etc is that hard links are made between each of these files and the same file in each of the lists's setups. This way the new list uses the defaults unless the file is explicitly unlinked from the default file. If the files were in /etc this wouldn't be possible (my /var and /etc aren't on the same filesystem at least). (though oddly this isn't the case with the local config files in the announce list for smartlist) Now arguably smartlist doesn't have a very good configuration setup, but as long as it works this way and no one fixes it it makes sense to me to have these as conffiles in /var. Dres -- @James LewisMoss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Blessed Be! @ http://www.dimensional.com/~dres | Linux is kewl! @"Argue for your limitations and sure enough, they're yours." Bach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
