configuration files

Dave Leimbach leimySPAM2k at mac.com
Fri Dec 12 14:35:04 PST 2003


Sander Vesik <sander at xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Dave Leimbach <leimySPAM2k at xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Jeroen Ruigrok/asmodai <asmodai at xxxxxx> writes:
> > 
> >> Also, going XML in this case means you have to convert all the shell
> >> scripts into either tools or using tools in the scripts to interpret the
> >> XML files to get the values you need.  Using the key/value pairs as in
> >> rc.conf at the moment we have the advantage of just sourcing them in and
> >> treating them as variables.
> > 
> > Not really.  
> > 
> > <script>
> > $!/bin/sh
> > ...
> > </script>
> > 
> 
> Uhh... this defeats the pruprose. having a minimal "xml2env" executable
> would be far more effective.


The point was to illustrate that you can embed pretty much anything
in XML tags.  

Dave
> 
> -- 
> 	Sander
> 
> +++ Out of cheese error +++





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