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Date:	Sun, 03 Feb 2002 14:15:50 -0500
From:	Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
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To:	Daniel Adams <dpa3 AT cet DOT nau DOT edu>
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Subject:	Re: /dev/registry
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Daniel Adams wrote:

> /proc/registry/*
> 
> is a GREAT idea!


Okay folks, enough with the "me toos".  Suffice it to say that everybody 
thinks this is a wonderful idea.  Not surprisingly, the suggestion of a 
/dev/registry or /proc/registry HAS been made before.  And everybody 
thought it was a great idea then, too.

There's only one problem: back then, after the initial round of 
self-congratulation and "great idea -- me too-ism" -- nobody did the 
work.  I suspect the same thing will be true this time, as well.

Somebody please astonish me and provide the code.

--Chuck

(*) P.S. "back then" somebody mentioned a few problems with file-system 
access to registry entries:  how do you deal with the various types -- 
DWORD, BINARY, STRING, (and the other types that AREN'T accessible via 
regedit...)  Just something to keep in mind, if somebody actually tries 
to write some code for this...





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