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On Mon, 14 Apr 2008, Robin Bowes wrote:

> This script:
>
> 1. Uses chpst -e to set some vars from ./env (if ./env exists)
> 2. Uses the name of the service dir as the log user and log dir, if
>   the are not set in ./env
> 3. Creates the log dir, if it does not exist, and sets permissions
...
> Any thoughts?

IMO directories should be created once and only once, probably at software 
install time.

IMO there should be only one way to set log user and log dir, and I'd be 
happy for that to be hard coded.

I like things as simple as possible (but no simpler), as recommended by 
Albert.