Yes this Alan is someone not associated with this list, and last I heard was no longer a systems admin of any kind. -Bill On Fri, 2005-02-18 at 12:48 -0700, Alan Dayley wrote: > Bill Warner said: > > > > If anyone else is going to use that system please don't start nameing > > them off the wall things. I worked with a guy that wrote a big admin > > script that managed profiles and logins for a system with over 900 > > telnet'd users. Every variable in the entire script was $ALAN1, $ALAN2, > > $ALAN3, $ALAN4, $ALAN5, etc... up to about $ALAN80 He wanted to ask me > > a quick scripting question and I took a look at the script and almost > > strangled him on the spot. > > Just to remain clear and quash any possible rumors before they start... > > The person described above was *not* me! I do have faults in my coding > practices but that kind of variable naming is not one of them. > > There. I feel better now. > > Alan > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Bill Warner --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss