Anton Aylward wrote:
Linda Walsh said the following on 02/06/2013 04:30 PM:
In this case, since the root of this idea stems from the much reviled Microsoft (the designer admits to the the config files being almost an exact carry over from the many ".ini" files of Win98/XP (Win7 is more XML based or other higher-level language based -- not to mention registry).
Case in point -- has been the move away from a central local for config files in /etc/sysconfig, and a proliferation of config files spread out in per-package locations. This was already shown to be a bad idea by MS for system management -- but it is a phase they went through 10 years ago. Seems like we are getting their 10-20 year old ideas...
You're showing you're ignorance of history here.
No... you are -- unix rc files were never structured after MS .ini files. From the systemd manpages: The syntax is inspired by XDG Desktop Entry Specification[1] .desktop files, which are in turn inspired by Microsoft Windows .ini files. ...In addition to the generic [Unit] and [Install] sections described here, each unit should have a type-specific section, e.g. [Service] for a service unit. See the respective man pages for more information. ------- There's a difference between personal .rc files and system rc files. System rc files are usually kept under /etc/<...> Been that way for as long as I've been around unix... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org