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On 10/13/2024 2:56 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> 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. 

No duh.  It's not a normal file.  It's a binary database, like the Linux 
systemd journal.



 > On *nix systems, config files are just ordinary text files,
 > just located in a special directory, nothing more --

'in a special directory'... maybe, maybe not.



> 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.


You were proven wrong about being able to version control the Windows 
Registry and add comments, so now you whine that it's done differently 
than Linux?  tsk tsk

Note: I hate the messiness of the Windows Registry, and the way system 
files are organized on Windows.  Both drive me crazy when I'm forced to 
deal with them (which is rarely).  The Unix FHS is a much better file 
layout.

Stallman's belly made the right choice of which OS to shamelessly steal.