From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26540 invoked by alias); 5 Feb 2002 02:50:57 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 26249 invoked from network); 5 Feb 2002 02:50:51 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mtiwmhc22.worldnet.att.net) (204.127.131.47) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 5 Feb 2002 02:50:51 -0000 Received: from utq6e ([12.75.130.95]) by mtiwmhc22.worldnet.att.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <20020205025040.GUXD941.mtiwmhc22.worldnet.att.net@utq6e> for ; Tue, 5 Feb 2002 02:50:40 +0000 From: "Gary R. Van Sickle" To: Subject: RE: /dev/registry Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2002 18:50:00 -0000 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <014a01c1acc9$7324cc80$0100a8c0@advent02> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Importance: Normal X-SW-Source: 2002-02/txt/msg00153.txt.bz2 > -----Original Message----- > From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf > Of Chris January > Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 9:43 AM > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: /dev/registry > > > How about adding a /dev/registry fhandler to Cygwin? Registry keys would be > directories and values in the registry files. I'm willing to try coding this > if people think it's a good idea. It allows shell scripts to easily access > registry keys as well as programs. > Well, it looks like I'll be the only one, but this sounds to me like an insanely *BAD* idea. It seems to me to be hard enough to keep the Windows registry in one piece even if you don't dink with it; I shudder to think what horrors await sombody with fat fingers and an itchy TAB finger (i.e. me): cat HundredsOfMBsOfCrap > /dev/r[TAB-oops-I-meant...well-something-else-anyway] I'm trying to think where this would actually be useful, but I'm drawing a blank. It seems to me that the registry should have at least a slightly higher barrier to entry than the command line. -- Gary R. Van Sickle Brewer. Patriot. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/