Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!ucbvax!uk.co.gec-avionics.tsrl!druid From: druid@uk.co.gec-avionics.tsrl (Mark D Templeton - Senior Systems Engineer - TSRL - GEC Avionics) Newsgroups: comp.soft-sys.andrew Subject: Re: preferences Message-ID: Date: 13 May 91 09:50:29 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 34 Excerpts from mail: 10-May-91 preferences William David Haas@north (1004) > Currently there are two ways of setting preferences for the Andrew > software. The first is to compile the preference into the code during > installation and the second is for the user to have a preferences file. > How hard would it be to add a global preferences file as a third > alternative? We would like to set the default printing commond (amungst > other things) for our users. If we put it in the code we have to edit > the Andrew software every time we do an installation and anytime we find > a bug we have to wonder if it was because we made a bad change. What we > have done is to automatically give each user a preferences file when we > create an account. This works ok but there are always users who delete > or compress the file to save space in their account. Since they didn't > create it they don't know what it is for. > So, how hard would it be to add an global preferences file that is > reference anytime the user's file is read? > -dav > P.S. I am hoping someone will tell me its already in there. Try reading README or README.ez in the andrew root. This lists the setup files: /AndrewSetup /etc/AndrewSetup $(LOCAL_ANDREW_SETUP_ENV) /usr/vice/etc/AndrewSetup $(DEFAULT_ANDREWDIR_ENV)/etc/AndrewSetup /usr/andrew/etc/AndrewSetup Regards, Mark.