Re: Logon

[Richard Giering dick.giering@xxxxxxxx]

Carl:
 I beg to disagree! Log.log is not only the default, but from what
I've been able to find out, it is the one used when there is no login.
I use no login as I'm the only user on my machine and it apears that
log.log is used.
Dick Giering

Leslie Bialler wrote:

> Carl Distefano wrote:
>
> > You don't need "log.log". (Never heard of it, don't
> > where it comes from -- is it in the default
> > installation?)
>
> Yep.
>
> > If you log on as "jim", all you need is
> > "jim.log".
> >
>
> Noted! Thanks.
>
> >
> > It just occurred to me that the idea behind making the
> > LOGON command RUN the .LOG files like XPL programs must
> > have been that these .LOG files were supposed to be
> > vehicles for loading different configurations
> > for different users.
>
> Probably so!
>
> > . . . . I never heard of the
> > LOGON command actually being used that way, but it
> > certainly would be a viable and convenient use for it,
> > even in a non-network setting.
>
> It sure would.
>
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