[bind10-dev] b10-cfgmgr --data-path behavior

Michal 'vorner' Vaner michal.vaner at nic.cz
Fri Apr 13 06:49:12 UTC 2012


Hello

On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 05:58:55PM -0500, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> The b10-cfgmgr manual says about --data-path:
>  
>             <para>The path where BIND 10 looks for files. The
>            configuration file is looked for here, if it is relative. If it is
>            absolute, the path is ignored.</para>
>  
> I think the behavior is: if --config-filename is also set and is an 
> absolute path to an existing file, then --data-path is ignored and the 
> directory where the configuration is located is used instead.
> 
> Why this behavior? Is manpage correct?

Well, the config file is the only thing that is looked for in the data path. And
if you set an absolute path, then you don't need the data path. What behaviour
would you prefer?

With regards

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Michal 'vorner' Vaner
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