Re: [MiNT] Generic tool

[Peter Slegg <p.slegg@scubadivers.co.uk>]

On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 07:36:39 -0800 (PST), WongCK <wongck68@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Well  I see a few potential uses. Some examples.
>> Mostly solved by simple scripts.

That is what a GUI tries to avoid. A tool would avoid the need for
lots of separate sripts, editing them running them.


> If you really start/stop dhcp samba etc etc very often then just create aliases

No that's the point it is very infrequent so I can't always remember where
it is and what has to be run. A GEM tool would avoid that.
 
> for them, way simpler.
> DHCP don't need configurations and Samba is con
> figured via a conf file.
> May be Atari's version is different, I don't us
> e Samba on Atari... sorry if I am
> wrong on this one.
>

And what do you change the conf file with ? Most OS's use a tool to change
network and other settings. Wouldn't it be better to have a tool for all this
stuff ?

Peter
>

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