Subject: Re: Renaming /var/run/syslog.socket
To: None <tech-userlevel@netbsd.org>
From: I. Souvatzis <ignatios@cs.uni-bonn.de>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 03/19/1999 14:59:17
On Fri, Mar 19, 1999 at 05:29:20AM -0500, Charles M. Hannum wrote:
> 
> If you're going to change names, it would be nice if we had something
> like:
> 
> /var/run/dhcpd.pid
> /var/run/lpd.pid
> /var/run/lpd.socket
> /var/run/syslogd.pid
> /var/run/syslogd.socket
> 
> This would at least give us a *consistent* naming convention.  (Note:
> It's important that the prefix be *exactly* the name of the daemon; no
> fair chopping off the `d'!)

Yes, this sounds wise. Can we get consensus on this before 1.4 is frozen?

	-is

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