Following the same thread we at Lehman though an "@home" that worked as a link
to the users home directory.
my $.02.......
Larry G
On Apr 17, 14:45, Kevin Hildebrand wrote:
> Subject: Re: @cell variable
>
> > 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
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