From: jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 22:31:22 -0500 (EST) To: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca Cc: yeep , opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Subject: Re: [opendos] BAD Filesystems In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Precedence: bulk There's a main directory like /usr/apps then below that there are the package names like /usr/apps/omega. In the omega directory, there's the omega-specific files. You want to uninstall one app, you just wipe out the /usr/apps/omega directory. On Sun, 9 Mar 1997 mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca wrote: > On Sat, 15 Feb 1997, yeep wrote: > > > > No, you don't understand what I mean. Shared libs don't exist in > > > DOS at all right now so adding them would be a NEW thing. Any of > > > the NEW features coming to DOS should try and support the FSSTND. > > > This will aid the porting of many UNIX utilities and programs, > > > and make life much simpler to EVERYONE. Legacy apps would still > > > run their normal way. New apps could still run the old way too, > > > however developers would have a lot of advantages to adhere to a > > > standard such as FSSTND. All config files go into \ETC, all > > > LIB's in \LIB, user installed programs in \USR\LOCAL\LIB, or in > > > something more DOSish such as \USR\APPS. > > > > > > Most DOS programs don't NEED to use other directories, but those > > > that would benefit by it could follow the FSSTND. Shared libs > > > will make this pretty much a good thing. > > > > Shared libs sound good and all. > > But I hate it when I have 500+ app's in one directory. > > If you want top delete an app you no longer use, you've got to do some > > seious searching to find out which binairies are for which app. > > We've gotta make one helluva good standard to please both Linux users and > > DOS users. > > Don't know if I've replied to this yet or not, but.... > > Check out the MANIFEST directory in DJGPP, and also the > /var/log/packages dir in slackware. They hold a record of all > installed programs, and where they have been installed. This > makes uninstalling very trivial. Slackware's uninstall is smart > enough to check to see if more than one package uses the same > file too. This could easily be extended to DOS. > > > Mike A. Harris | http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris > Computer Consultant | My webpage has moved and my address has changed. > My dynamic address: http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris/ip-address.html > mailto:mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca > > URL of the day: http://www.sun.com > > jude