Re: recent changes

From: Ashley M. Kirchner <ashley_at_pcraft.com_at_hypermail-project.org>
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 11:26:46 -0600
Message-ID: <38188755.4BC3FA9F_at_pcraft.com>

Martin Schulze wrote:

> I wonder if all config file options are configurable via the command
> line. I run several mail archives and don't particularily like the
> idea to write a config file for each and every archive. Up to now
> I only use a few options so the current commandline arguments are
> sufficient for me.
>
> However, things may changes and I wonder if there should be an option
> like --config "hm_foo=bar" while the argument to --config is parsed
> like each line in the config file.

    I don't see a reason -not- to have this option (besides the pain staking parsing of each --config option that has to be made), except, how many people would actually benefit from this? I can see it coming in handy yes, but at the same time, what's wrong with having one generic config file, and reference that file each time (instead of having a different config file for each archive - unless each archive is so different from the other?)

    AMK4

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