On Mon, 25 Nov 2002 19:39:30 -0800 (PST) David Oleszkiewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Mon, 25 Nov 2002, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: > > > On Mon, 25 Nov 2002, Dave Serls wrote: > > > > > I've a situation where I want to select a different menuFile depending > > > on the host that blackbox is running on (because of executable > > > existence/location). > > > Is there a way to accomplish this in .blackboxrc? > > > I'm able to pas in -rc, of course, to blackbox, but this leads to > > > other problems. > > > > I am curious: what problems? > > blackbox -rc blackboxrc.$(hostname) > And define rc files for each or your different hosts. In my case I use > blackbox -rc blackboxrc.$(uname) > since my issues are only based on host type. > This seems to work for me, but blackbox does automatically write out a > .blackboxrc file it seems. > I don't see what issues you could have. > Thanks Mark, Sean, and David. I think I'm going to patch blackbox.cc::load_rc (comitting serious c++ defacement) to expand some potential environment variable in the menuFile line of .blackboxrc. Perhaps use the first token of $HOSTNAME if present? -- ************************************************************************ * Dave Serls Littleton, CO, USA * * dashs.denver.co.us sorrybiscuit.com * ************************************************************************ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] List archives: http://asgardsrealm.net/lurker/splash/index.html Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
