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- From: moacs11!walra@relay.nl.net (Waldi Ravens)
- Subject: Re: [MINTOS] looking for data (was: Re: standard paths)
- Date: Wed, 19 Jan 1994 01:02:20 +0100
-
- In <9401182251.AA19967@nice.ethz.ch>, Christian Limpach <Christian.Limpach@nice.usergroup.ethz.ch> wrote:
-
- >>The file name host.cnf seems rather confusing, as it suggests a
- >>relation to /etc/hosts. The only alternative I can come up with
- >>is binconfig (also misleading), a better name is asked for.
- >
- > no, the name is quite well chosen, my NeXT has a similar file
- > (/etc/hostconfig). This one sets things like IP number, hostname and other
- > network related stuff...
-
- I respectfully disagree. The hostconfig file on your NeXT is not at all
- similar to the proposed host.cnf on the Atari. The host.cnf file could
- contain just any kind of data needed by any kind of program. It may
- contain lines like:
-
- MANPATH=/usr/man:/usr/local/man:/usr/gem/man
- GXXINC=/usr/g++include
- EXINIT=set lines=60 scroll=40 ai eb sm mo
-
- I'm pretty sure those (and similar) are not in NeXT's hostconfig.
-
-
- Regards,
- Waldi (walra%moacs11@nl.net)
-