Re: linux-ipsec: args from files

I think "tar" makes a good model. It (gnu tar anyway) has both positional arguments and the ability to supply some of it via a file. There is no notion that you must do all one or all the other.

So I'd suggest to allow parameters to be specified via individual options (e.g., "--spi 65") and *also* via entries in an options file (e.g., "--options optfile", and then optfile contains a line "spi 65"). The usual ordering rules would apply, i.e., with that optfile, if you say "--options optfile --spi 10" you get spi 10, if you say "--spi 10 --options optfile" you get spi 65.

        paul Received on Wed Jul 22 18:10:38 1998