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dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
>>How does Macintosh doit. The UNIX rc file system while similar to config.sys
>>does split the tasks among different files. (rc.net rc.local rc.boot).

>What would you prefer, instead of config.sys.
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>  |)  David Charlap          | .signature confiscated by FBI due to

I think the Unix idea of splitting the job up among several files
is a good one.

I too like the idea of a config.sys file that can be editted with a text
editor.  The problem is not the fact that config.sys exists.  The problem
is that there is no standard installation routine.  I have proposed this
before on this group:  OS/2 needs some standard install utility that will
read an install script provided by an app and do the appropriate installation.
This utility would manage all changes to config.sys, as well as provide the
ability to read the install script and use it to UNinstall the app.  I think
this utility would make life easier on everyone: users wouldn't have to worry
so much about installation (and would get a common install procedure for all
apps) which would become much easier; developers wouldn't have to waste time
and effort creating install utilities of their own.  Config.sys and the
install scripts would still be text-editable, but you wouldn't have to
see them if you didn't want to.  (this utility could also handle allocation
of resources... e.g., if I want to temporarily assign my parallel port
to LapLink for OS/2 (if they ever write it) instead of my printer, I could
go through this util. (by the way, how would I do this now?))

                                            --Ethan Gershon
                                              gershon@husc.harvard.edu