Re: Version & Distribution identification

[Stuart Anderson <anderson@metrolink.com>]

On Tue, 25 Apr 2000, Lenz Grimmer wrote:

> > > We should standardized the internal format of the file ie., (name colon
> > > value) and/or an API to the data.
> > 
> > Yes.
> 
> Would a plain ASCII file serve the purpose?

Using a format such as

FOO="bar"

would allow scripts to source this file to gain access to the info while
remaining easy to parse from a program.




                                Stuart

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