svn commit: r244198 - in head: etc/rc.d sbin/sysctl

[Benjamin Kaduk]

On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 5:37 PM, Xin Li <delphij at delphij.net> wrote:

> > Not a direct reply, but just noting that it can be *very* useful
> > to have, e.g., a README or foo.old or foo.disabled file in the same
> > directory where the "live" configuration files live.  Always
> > interpreting the full '*' glob is not always the best thing to do.
>
> This is not an Unix utility should solve.  To quote Terry Lambert: "If
> you aim the gun at your foot and pull the trigger, it's UNIX's job to
> ensure reliable delivery of the bullet to where you aimed the gun (in
> this case, Mr. Foot)."  In other words, sysctl -f README should
> interpret README as input, not a file that contains user consumable text.
>

Certainly.
I was thinking about the proposal akin to 'cat /etc/sysctl.d/* | sysctl -f
-' and similar proposals bandied about.

I would prefer to not see an unanchored glob used in such a case.

-Ben Kaduk