Hi, On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 4:35 PM, Reindl Harald <h.rei...@thelounge.net>wrote:
> > > Am 19.11.2012 01:27, schrieb Tianyin Xu: > > I'm not saying the file names but the configuration directives. > > At least for most servers I have managed so far, > > all the configuration directives are case insensitive. Examples? > PostgreSQL, > > Apache httpd, OpenLDAP, Squid, etc. > > That's why I'm curious. (Yes, please tell me there's no other > case-insensitive software) > > i never would came to the idea write options > not EXACTLY like they are in the documentation > > Sometimes people are not aware of their mistakes, otherwise they won't make mistakes. People are different. You cannot assume all your users are the same as you. > > I'm glad most MySQL folks are not like you. I'm happy to see "M" and "m" > refers > > to the same thing, and "K" and "k" also. > > if you work exactly and careful it does not matter > if not do not maintain a server at all > > You are saying as long as admins are careful, there's no misconfiguration? But why misconfigurations are so pervasive? Simply because the admins are not careful enough? > > If you wanna everyone follow your binary-by-binary rule, nobody gonna > use your stuff > > enough people are using my stuff outside the mysql world > and the all are able to enter things like they are in the > documentation, and i am speaking about noobs, not admins > I apologize for my lack of respect. I don't know what's your stuff, but I guess they'll be more popular if you make them more friendly. > > because if this is a problem for you maybe you have the wrong job > > I don't think it's wrong to make your software as friend as possible > > if you are a server admin you have to be careful what > you type or you are doing the wrong job > > sever software does not need to be friendly > it does not need to think what you mean > you have to excactly specify what you mean > > This does not make sense. Taking MySQL as an example, as server software, it's used everywhere by millions of users. Most of them are not admins or developers. > sounds liek you are a windows guy > 1. I really don't think windows guy or linux guy matters. After all, MySQL has windows versions. 2. Unfortunately, I'm not a windows guy. > > try "LS", "DF" or whatever on a unix terminal > you will get error messages as response > > Thanks! I use them regularly. T -- Tianyin XU, http://cseweb.ucsd.edu/~tixu/
