hdparm.conf

[Chanchao]

Hello Dick,

Wednesday, July 27, 2005, 3:46:14 AM, you wrote:

>> > > All of this is the result of lazyness on the part of the developer(s)
>> > > who didn't bother to program a basic screen or wizard to configure
>> > > things. Furthermore, they even convinced themselves that config files
>> > > are a Good Thing!   As yet, they haven't convince me though.

DD> No, really, they are.
DD> Once you have your config file, you can mail it to a friend, or
DD> just tar up /etc to backup a systems config.

Oh, right, I'm not opposed to keeping config settings in a
well-documented text file, just that it would be nice if more
applications that use these config files *also* had a front-end screen
to assist in configuring the file and assuring correctness of the
syntax.

I would welcome those screens/tools to actually keep those settings in
well-documented text files. (The "Agent" newsreader on Windows comes
to mind, I'm sure there's loads of free-software examples too)

DD> You can backup a working config:
DD>   cp /etc/app.conf /etc/app.conf.timestamp
DD> fancy 'last known good?'
DD>   cp /etc/app.conf.ok /etc/app.conf
DD> want to know what changes you made in the last month?
DD>   diff /etc/app.conf /etc/app.conf.lastmonth
DD> and so on. 30 years old traditions exist for a reason.

Yeah.. Even run SVN on it to track changes/versions sounds like a
pretty good idea.

DD> Anyway, a *good* GUI wizard should be able to add or remove a
DD> leading hash, for crying out loud...

Right, right.

Cheers,
Chanchao