Talk:Etc files

shouldn't this page be called 'Etc_files'?

Yeah, I think so.

BTW, please sign your name to talks (not to articles) with three/four tildes. :)

Digiot 17:21, Mar 16, 2004 (EST)

I just reverted the page. I think the overall look and the introductory paragraph was definitely better. And we need to think about linking these things. Including slashes in link names kinda gunks up the works but *not* doing will lead to ambiguity, like with 'hosts', I'd imagine. And how would subdirectories be treated? In a way, it seems better not to link the files, themselves, but provide side links to relevant commands. Like

lilo.conf (See LILO)

Thoughts, ideas, opinions, wild flights of fancy?

Digiot 17:31, Mar 16, 2004 (EST)

how about file:hosts as page name. like this. that would keep the files in the etc folder separate from the more general topics with same name.

i think a dedicated page for each of the files is warranted. because it is often required to edit these files by hand and then it would be nice if there is a reference for the syntax and keywords required for the file.

HadroLepton 09:58, Apr 14, 2004 (EDT)