On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 5:37 PM, Xin Li <delp...@delphij.net> wrote: > > Not a direct reply, but just noting that it can be *very* useful > > to have, e.g., a README or foo.old or foo.disabled file in the same > > directory where the "live" configuration files live. Always > > interpreting the full '*' glob is not always the best thing to do. > > This is not an Unix utility should solve. To quote Terry Lambert: "If > you aim the gun at your foot and pull the trigger, it's UNIX's job to > ensure reliable delivery of the bullet to where you aimed the gun (in > this case, Mr. Foot)." In other words, sysctl -f README should > interpret README as input, not a file that contains user consumable text. >
Certainly. I was thinking about the proposal akin to 'cat /etc/sysctl.d/* | sysctl -f -' and similar proposals bandied about. I would prefer to not see an unanchored glob used in such a case. -Ben Kaduk _______________________________________________ svn-src-head@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-head-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
