CLI ?

Wolfgang Hennerbichler wh at univie.ac.at
Mon Apr 26 17:55:41 CEST 2010



On 4/26/10 5:50 PM, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
> Arnold Nipper<arnold at nipper.de>  wrote on 2010/04/26 17:40:51:
>> On 26.04.2010 17:06 Joakim Tjernlund wrote
>>
>>> OK, but it would be handy if I could config log files from there.
>>>
>>
>> BIRD is like a racing car whereas you are talking about a Mercedes-Benz
>> S-type ... you see the difference?
>
> :)
>
> Seriously, is there any fundamental reason one cannot configure
> all aspects from a CLI(I am assuming that no one has cared enough to impl. it in BIRD CLI yet)?

what for? some of us generate our bird configurations automatically, 
from various data sources, if do that with a cli you're basically 
screwed. furtheremore a cli has no version control and is by far not as 
efficient as a decent editor.

> I ask because I would like to configure some(if not everything) from our
> app with its own CLI/GUI.

see vim as your CLI :)

>   Jocke

wogri



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