needed runtime options

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Hi,

On Fri, Jul 02, 1999 at 06:11:30PM +0200, PILCH Hartmut wrote:
> What really motivated my wish for commandline specifiability of the
> config file was something else:  I find it difficult to keep track of
> the directory in which to look for it.  It is sometimes /etc or /usr/etc
> or even /usr/local/etc (e.g. when compiled from an unmodified mgetty.spm
> of SuSE 6.1).  

Mgetty will tell you if queried with "-V":

$ mgetty -V

mgetty+sendfax by Gert Doering
experimental test release 1.1.21-Feb28

log file written to '/var/log/mgetty.<ttyX>'
config file read from '/usr/local/etc/mgetty+sendfax/mgetty.config'


> Also, I am quite happy with being able to specify locations
> of uucp config files in uucico via commandline switch.  This can be handy
> for debugging.

Hmmm, I agree, this is a valid point.  Though it is rarely needed, it can
be handy.

gert
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