>>> On 9/11/2009 at 11:36 AM, Larry Uher <[email protected]> wrote: > I guess my question would be why is a complex EXEC needed to do a > normal system administration task?
It's not all that complex, just a lot of parameter parsing and error checking surrounding a couple of lines of code that actually do the work. The reason why it's useful is so that people using VDISKs don't need to have their Linux admins make any changes to the Linux system itself, and so it doesn't appear to be different from midrange Linux systems. Eliminating these platform specific differences helps ease acceptance of the platform. It's also good system management practice in that you're not modifying distribution-provided scripts that will get over-written at some point by maintenance or an upgrade. Saves time, less hassle in the long run. > A second question is why didn't > Novell provide a straightforward method for doing this and document it > in a manual (without using a complex 3rd party EXEC) ? When SWAPGEN was written, the Linux distribution providers had much bigger fish to fry. After it was written, there wasn't a need for them to do anything, since a solution already existed. Limited resources, re-inventing wheels, etc., etc. And, given the growth and evolution of the platform, there are still far bigger fish that need frying, perhaps more than before. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
