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Just thought I'd pipe in here to mention that I've written a wrapper (in |
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bash) which seems to solve the problems in this thread, and more. |
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The idea is something like: |
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eupdate --list # Displays a list of all available conf utilities |
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eupdate --details # Displays the list with a description of each tool |
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eupdate etc # calls etc-update |
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eupdate gl --help # calls opengl-config --help |
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etc. |
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Each -update or -config tool would place a file during installation |
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describing itself into a common directory (I used /var/db/update, but |
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that is easily changeable) where it is picked up by the script. A |
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typical file would look something like: |
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NAME=etc |
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COMMAND=/usr/sbin/etc-update |
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DESCRIPTION="Tool to handle configuration file updates" |
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or: |
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NAME=opengl |
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COMMAND=/usr/sbin/opengl-update |
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DESCRIPTION="Utility to switch between OpenGL implementations" |
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The script is available here: |
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http://jagerman.com/update |
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Through a relatively simple bash-completion script (which would only |
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have to call 'eupdate -ql' to get a list of options (see --help)) you |
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could easily add tab completion for this command as well. |
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This approach seems more elegant than renaming all the tools, and it |
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means users have a _single_ location to look for update/configuration |
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scripts. It still allows tab completion, as you can do: |
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eup<tab><tab><tab> (once to complete "eupdate", then twice for the list |
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of tools) and have a complete list of all available utilities, and |
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doesn't depend on file naming to group utilities together. |
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Additionally, I think beginning linux users aren't, at least initially, |
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used to tab completion, and being able to run: |
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some_command --details |
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to get a list of all supported utilities *including what they do*, is |
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extremely useful. Running gconfig-<tab><tab> to get a list of utilities |
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is useful, but I don't have any idea what "gconfig-cc" or "gconfig-gcc" |
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or "gupdate-python" _does_. This script gives you that capability. |
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Thoughts? Comments? |
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-- Jason Rhinelander |
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-- Gossamer Threads, Inc. |
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