On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:30:36 -0600, Neeum Zawan wrote:

> On 11/25/09 15:59, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Most Linux/Unix config files include defaults commented out - that's
>> pretty standard.  So grepping does work quite well.
> 
> 	I'm not sure about the "most". I'm guessing you more often deal 
with
> common _system administration_ (mature) tools - which often are as you
> described - as opposed to just wild stuff for the desktop.
> 
> 	Or it could be a distribution thing - they may be the ones who 
place a
> fully commented config file for common tools.
> 
> 	Let's put it this way: For most of the config files that sit in my
> _home_ directory, they didn't come with a config file with all the
> options - although many do have a sample one in /etc that has _common_
> options...

True, and yes, I'm talking about system config files, which are generally 
mature and well documented/commented.  There's that pesky "works" 
definition issue again. ;-)

Jim

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