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From: Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: What is elegant way to do configuration on server app
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 16:30:51 +0000 (UTC)
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On 2015-03-27, Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> wrote:
> Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid>:
>
>> That sounds rather Windowsesque. The more-or-less standard way to do
>> handle the situation on Unix is to reread the config file when you get
>> a SIGHUP.
>
> That, indeed, is the classic Unix way. However, Linux has now moved to
> systemd:

That's a bit of an overstatement.  _Some_ distros have switched to
systemd.  None of my machines use it, and it's very rare in embedded
systems.

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