Just want to chime in here. We use SNF on FreeBSD and more than once, when a newbie tech was troubleshooting the system, he'd remark that we seem to have the Windows version of Sniffer installed because of the extension. Files with a .exe extension just LOOK like Windows progs and can cause confusion when troubleshooting.
Dan Horne TAIS Director of Operations www.taisweb.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] 828.252.TAIS (8247) > -----Original Message----- > From: Message Sniffer Community [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Pete McNeil > Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 4:38 PM > To: Message Sniffer Community > Subject: [sniffer] Re: What's in a name - or - objects in mirror.exe are > bigger than they appear > > Hello Sanford, > > Friday, September 5, 2008, 2:21:38 PM, you wrote: > > > I say, "yes, remove the extensions." For when one deals with > > multi-boot or VM environments, seeing a Windows-style name can make > > you think it's just showing through from another filesystem or > > somethin' or was accidentally dumped there. Obvs. direct SNF admins > > wouldn't be likely to have this confusion, but other people on the box > > could. > > > Feel you should leave the names in mixed case; that isn't non-*nix > > IMO. Forcing lowercase on case-preserving + case-sensitive systems is > > like pretending they're not cp/cs (easier to remember, sure, but not > > using the power, etc.). > > Thanks! > > This is what we've decided to do. > > _M > > > -- > Pete McNeil > Chief Scientist, > Arm Research Labs, LLC. > > > ############################################################# > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list <sniffer@sortmonster.com>. > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <sniffer@sortmonster.com>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
