On 3/12/02 at 7:31 AM, Ray Olszewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1. Is incorporating a "diagnostics" script in into each > LEAF distribution a good idea?
I think so. > But ... the FAQ mentions optional information, to be > supplied if circumstances warrant; how does one sensibly > incorporate that into a script? (Like all of us, I want > users to post enough information, but not too much.) #!/bin/sh echo -n "Do you wish to generate diagnostics for...? [Yn] " read X if [ "$X" = "y" -o "$X" = "Y" -o -z "$X" ] ; then gen_diagnostics... fi > 2. What should the FAQ tell users about collecting > troubleshooting data? Well, the discussion makes it clear > that a *standard* script that works across all LEAF > variants is either impractical or complicated (probably > just complicated). In any case, the FAQ itself can't > reasonably provide such a script. So I'd suggest the FAQ > retain the list of commands to use, and it can incorporate > references to scripts when they actually exist. But ... it > should always include the actual commands, because that is > part of the teaching role the FAQ can serve, helping the > user learn how to troubleshoot his or her own systems, not > *just* how to gather data for us to look at. I don't think a script would be that hard or that big; however, I agree wholeheartedly anyhow. -- David Douthitt UNIX Systems Administrator HP-UX, Unixware, Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
