From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jan Nieuwenhuizen Subject: Re: avoid wrapper scripts when possible Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2017 20:22:37 +0100 Message-ID: <87h8ubupz6.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87mv44gyfv.fsf@elephly.net> <20171103185416.0ffc4065@cbaines.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37090) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eAhYX-0001ec-EB for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Nov 2017 15:23:06 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eAhYT-0004zQ-Bz for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Nov 2017 15:23:05 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20171103185416.0ffc4065@cbaines.net> (Christopher Baines's message of "Fri, 3 Nov 2017 18:54:16 +0000") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Christopher Baines Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Christopher Baines writes: > However, I think that the file wrapping approach has advantages for > visibility. Maybe it could be tweaked to keep ensure the wrapper script > has the same name as the script its wrapping, e.g. when wrapping foo, > replace foo with a bash script, and move the real script > to .wrapped-bin/foo. To probably state the obvious, yes it would be great if top/ps would show `foo' instead of .foo-x.y-real; also great for `killall'. Greetings, janneke --=20 Jan Nieuwenhuizen | GNU LilyPond http://lilypond.org Freelance IT http://JoyofSource.com | Avatar=C2=AE http://AvatarAcademy.com