Quoth Stephen Hahn on Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 12:58:49PM -0700: > * David Bustos <David.Bustos at sun.com> [2006-04-27 11:45]: > > Does anyone have any opinions on these new options for svcprop? > > > > -1 Can only be used with arguments which specify > > a single property. If the property has a single > > value, then it is printed, without quotation. If > > the property has no values or multiple values, > > then svcprop will print nothing and exit with > > status 3. > > > > -T type Can only be used with the -1 option. If the > > specified property has a type other than _type_ > > or a subtype of _type_, svcprop will print > > nothing and exit with status 4. > > Why is -T not useful without -1?
Indeed, it is useful without -1. I overreached in trying to rope off use on multiple properties. It should say "Can only be used with arguments which specify a single property," instead. > > Hmm, I wonder if we should also allow svcprop with no operands, which > > would automatically use scf_myname() to determine the current service. > > Requires all processes to provide sanitized environments to their > descendants or scf_myname() to be a bit more contract aware... but > interesting. I don't think that's a requirement; we can just say "Only guaranteed inside a method process. Will work in child processes as long as the environment is not abused." David
