On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 07:44:36PM -0800, Alan Grimes wrote:
> The User is PO'd about all these programs that write configurations to
> his ~/ directory. He wants _ALL_ configurations to be stored in
> ~/configuration/app (or in some equivalent system) so that he can easily
> keep track of them. How is this done without any involvment from the
> root operator? (I don't approve of any user-op distinction for PC
Can't, because there's nothing magical about configuration files. A file is a
configuration file if the program treats it as one; root won't help.
Many programs will use a configuration file you tell them too, so you can set
environment variables accordingly, or make aliases ("alias foo=foo -c
~/configuration/foo").
> operating systems but we're talking unix).
Microsoft is slowly moving toward user-op distinctions. Makes sense if you
have multiple users. Makes for a handy crude sandbox to run foreign code in,
too.
But for really fine grained stuff you probably want VMS or Multics or some
other mainframe system.
> The User wants a list of all language type tools such as lex and Yacc
> that are available on his system. How does he, without any prior
> knowlege about such tools obtain such a list?
IME if the user has learned about the concept of such tools the user will have
heard of lex and yacc. Failing that the user will have heard of the terms
"parser" and "lexical", and 'man -k parser' and 'man -k lexical' will show
what's available.
Unlike a DOS or Windows system, where the tools don't exist unless installed.
-xx- Damien X-)
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