On Wed, 2010-04-14 at 07:29 -0600, Benjamin Campbell wrote: > On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Frank Thieme <frank@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 21:22, David C. Rankin > > <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > One thing I miss with Arch are init-script shortcuts for starting > > and stopping > > > processes. rc-commands really help cut down on typing. For example, all > > suse did > > > was to create links to the files in /etc/rc.d/... with a naming > > convention of > > > rc<init script name>. So, for example, instead of having to type: > > > > IMHO you just have to use tab completion and you will not type much > > more. I don't like the symlink approach of suse... > > > > Bye...Frank > > > > I promote the use of tab completion as it helps with reinforcing the > directory structure in my head. In addition too many soft links makes me > feel as though I am chasing ghosts around my computer. Tab completion and > good old fashion elbow grease is a sure and concise way of making it around > the directory structure. > > Benji I'm not sure what shell everyone is using, but the tab completion in extra/zsh + extra/grml-zsh-config makes it easy as: sudo /e/r/sam <tab> start which completes on my system to sudo /etc/rc.d/samba start
