[Info-vax] Porting logical name applications to Unix

[Paul Raulerson]

There is no standard convention, and indeed, the "config" files for  
applications are often binary data.
Or held in a database, etc. You just choose what is best for your  
application.

For example, COBOL compilers can (and do) tend to make heavy use of  
environment variables. The
idea of course is to use generic file names in the programs, and  
attach them at runtime.

On the other hand, large scale applications, like SAP for instance,  
hold virtually all the configuration information
in the database, as do programs that are managing workflow and such.

But again, there is not a hard and fast rule, you just do what is best  
in terms of your application.

-Paul

On Sep 27, 2009, at 6:26 PM, JF Mezei wrote:

> Bob Harris wrote:
>
>> Thus $HOME/.appnamerc config files, or a small limited size
>> environment varialble for a few config prefs.
>
>
> And is there a standard/conventio/common-use for the format of those
> config files ?
>
> is it:
>
> variablename=value  , one per line ?
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