Re: [PATCH] validate -n parameter value

From: Alex Rousskov <rousskov_at_measurement-factory.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 16:08:35 -0600

On 07/14/2014 07:02 AM, Amos Jeffries wrote:
> Alex Rousskov wrote:
>> I continue to dislike the undefined -n option meaning on non-Windows

> -n means the same on all boxes.

I am guessing that Windows have a standard concept of a "service" and
there is an interface for setting and getting the service name (and
possibly for other "service operations").

On Unix, a lot of things may be called services, and "service" term use
in interfaces such as ICAP and System V init scripts is standard, but I
cannot think of any formal Unix interface that matches what Squid is
doing with -n on Unix. We define -n as "service name to use for service
operations", but I do not know what those "service operations" are in a
Unix context. If most admins know what that means, there is no problem.

Hope this clarifies,

Alex.
Received on Mon Jul 14 2014 - 22:09:01 MDT

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