Received: (from major@localhost) by minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) id JAA70141 for pups-liszt; Fri, 4 Feb 2000 09:47:14 +1100 (EST) Received: from meson.jpsystems.com (209-184-70-169.jpsystems.com [209.184.70.169] (may be forged)) by minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id JAA70132 for ; Fri, 4 Feb 2000 09:47:04 +1100 (EST) Received: by meson.jpsystems.com (5.67/1.35) id AA03410; Thu, 3 Feb 00 16:42:22 -0600 Date: Thu, 3 Feb 00 16:42:22 -0600 From: msokolov@meson.jpsystems.com (Michael Sokolov) Message-Id: <0002032242.AA03410@meson.jpsystems.com> To: pups@minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au Subject: Re: Why upper case configuration file names in BSD? Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20000204084928.E26290@freebie.lemis.com> Sender: owner-pups@minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au Precedence: bulk Greg Lehey wrote: > I've just been asked a rather unusual question: when you build a BSD > kernel, the name of the configuration file is traditionally upper > case. Does anybody have insight as to why this should be? Because that's how the founding fathers at Berkeley had it! -- Michael Sokolov Harhan Computer Operation Facility Special Agent 615 N GOOD LATIMER EXPY #4 International Free Computing Task Force DALLAS TX 75204-5852 USA Phone: +1-214-824-7693 ARPA INET: MSOKOLOV@trailing-edge.com or msokolov@meson.jpsystems.com