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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is?
Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2024 06:56:35 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sat, 12 Oct 2024 19:51:52 -0400, DFS wrote:

> You've been able to read the Registry since the beginning with VB/A or 
> C# or C++.

With special APIs. Normal file-manipulation commands cannot be used with 
the Registry. On *nix systems, config files are just ordinary text files, 
just located in a special directory, nothing more -- the same file-
manipulation commands work with those files as they work with any other 
files.

In particular, you can use your choice of text editor to examine/modify 
them. And standard tools like diff and patch to manage changes and 
propagate them from one installation to another.

Some sysadmins even put their entire /etc directory under version control.

Dimdows, of course, has never heard of any of this.