Bron Gondwana wrote, at 03/12/2009 07:42 AM: > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 02:55:03AM -0700, Carson Gaspar wrote: >> Bron Gondwana wrote: >> >>> AAA+++ to cyr_conf! I'll write it up :) I think we want it to have the >>> following spec: >>> >>> * cyr_conf - output all configuration variables and their current value >>> * cyr_conf -C $file - as above with the following config file >>> * cyr_conf -n $name - all configuration variables for process $name >>> (eg cyr_conf -n imapd => show imapd overrides where given) >>> * cyr_conf -q - only show variables that are different than default >>> >>> - those three can be mixed and matched >>> >>> * cyr_conf -D - show all the DEFAULT variables. Obviously, ignores all >>> other options! >> Please include one of the most useful options that postconf has >> (postconf -n) - emit only those config key/value pairs that are not set >> to their default values. More often useful in real life than just >> emitting all config key/value pairs. > > Yeah, I called that -q. If we make it -n then we'll have to make the > named process config a different character. The spec isn't nailed down > yet, I haven't even written anything! Actually, postconf -n shows parameters that have been explicitly set, even if they are the same as the default. This is a subtle (and IMHO very useful) distinction. Although many simply grep the output of postconf because they can't remember the exact name of a parameter, another very useful feature of postconf is the ability to directly query the value of one or more parameters using postconf [parameter...]: postconf mynetworks or: postconf mynetworks inet_interfaces I realize that a variety of MTAs are used in conjunction with Cyrus IMAPd, but Postfix is an extremely well thought-out application. As a Postfix administrator, I'd be thrilled to see a utility like cyr_conf modeled as closely after postconf as possible, if only to simplify any new tricks this old dog has to learn. ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
