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Re: Can somebody explain the benefits of .d directories




On Mon, 27 Nov 2017, Hans-Peter wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 

How's it going?

> 
> I am a tech writer, as part of my job I also have to maintain a number of 
> servers, various UNIX systems. Yes, I am a dev as well ....
<snip>> 
> Some admins where I work are happy to rename the files in the ".d" directory to 
their liking ...a silly and futile attempt to stop me from pruning the repos the 
servers use ...hmmmm
> 

Not sure what you want to do, how many admins does it take to admin? If 
they are doing a bad job, you should try to get them fired.  It sounds 
like they are on top of things, though?

It was a good post, I agreed with the first reply, but I would make the 
explanation simpler: "Using .d folders is cool!"


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