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Posted to dev@httpd.apache.org by Ben Hyde <bh...@gensym.com> on 1998/06/16 17:28:39 UTC
Drifting install conventions
This little fragment from one of my testing scripts
illustrates the way that things are drifting off
in various directions. I don't know if this is good
or bad, but it seems work mentioning.
set nthome = 'd:\testing\apache'
set uhome = "$family/var/apache"
...
switch($os)
case unix:
cat $uhome/log/access_log
breaksw
case nt:
rsh $machine "type $nthome\logs\access.log"
breaksw
...
Note (1)
access.log (nice since extensions are so potent on NT)
access_log (nice - traditional)
Note (2)
apache\logs (like the CVS repository)
/var/apache/log (like other unix apps)
Nobody was doing anything with any of these that
was "innovative" everybody was just following
one standard or another. Just too many standards
to follow - eh?
Personally I don't want anything to change
getting my testing working is hard enough
as it is.
Makes the documentation a confusing...
- ben hyde