> I've proposed the creation of an @cell variable that would resolve to the
> current cell name (Just like @sys refers to the system type). The development
> people aren't sure how widely desired the variable would be, so I'm posing
> it to this list.
> Do other people think this is something useful? Obviously if you don't
> interact with other cells to share scripts and such it's not going to be
> all that valuable for you, but for those of us who do such work across
> cells...
> --
> Scott Grosch JF1-22, Pole D18, first floor 503-264-4812
It would be even better if there was some way to specify the name of the
variable to set. The @sys and @cell variables would be a good start,
but it would be nice if I could set other variables of my choosing as
well.
For instance, how about a department variable (@dept) or a cluster
variable (@cluster) for sites who have files that are department or
cluster specific. These variables could be set for a machine in the
bootup rc scripts just like @sys can be set with 'fs sysname'.
Perhaps 'fs setvar dept mydept' or something like that.
Just my two cents worth...
Kevin Hildebrand
University of Maryland, College Park
Project Glue Systems Developer
