Re: AUTHINFO

[dubach@dcepea.harvard.edu (Joev Dubach)]

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> Per Abrahamsen <abraham@dina.kvl.dk> writes:
>> BTW: "rc" stands for "run commands" and means "commands to run when
>> the interpreter is started".  Is that really appropriate for the
>> authinforc file?

> Perhaps not, but .netrc is called .netrc even if the commands aren't
> really "run" there either.  Dunno.  I can rename all the authinforc
> things to authinfo (or something else).  Whaddayousay, people?

.newsrc also contains data, and not commands.  The historical
derivation of "rc" isn't particularly relevant when its current
meaning is "configuration information for various software".

In other words, go ahead and name it .authinforc.  Another reason is
that it's more likely that people already have a file called
".authinfo" with a different syntax, which we'd rather not force them
to clobber.  (Or work around with another variable setting.)

Joev

  "I can still remember the first time I went to my (then) inlaws for
   the holiday family gathering.  The custom was for the wimmin to
   gather in the kitchen and swap gossip while drinking tea or coffee or
   soda, while the min lounged about in front of the TV in the living
   room, drinking beer, scratching themselves, and speaking concisely
   using monosyllabic grunts.  I wound up pulling out a paperback novel,
   at which point the conversation went something like this.
   'Not a football fan, Dave?'  'Nope.'
   'Do you understand how the game is played?'
   'Ayuh.  Nail that sonuvvabitch carrying the ball.'
   'He knows it, all right.'"
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