NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/comp/os/os2/misc/37307

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Subject: Re: OS2SYS.ini file size: Interim solution.
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From: [e-mail] (David J Birnbaum)
Date: 21 Nov 92 22:40:34 GMT
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>The cpyini program that I an d (I suspect) most people are using is the
>one in the hobbes uploads directory, which does not have a companion program.
>In my opinion, it is much easier to use than the checkini/copyini programs
>which have been around for quite some time now.

Thanks; I'll check it out. I've received some private email asking about
the copyini program that I used: it is part of wpstools.zip, which is on
hobbes.

>I, too, COMPLETELY trashed my system useing that damn checkini thing.  I
>ended up having to reinstall GA and the SP to get my system back up.  I
>advise strongly against checkini...and as a precaution, I advise against
>the copyini program that comes with checkini also.  I don't trust them
>anymore.  Sure, the mistakes could have been mine, but the documentation
>that comes with checkini sucks big time, so how the heck should I have known??

In my case, the mistakes _were_ mine; checkini gave me an opportunity to
correct some errors, but advised against it. I ignored the advice.

While the documentation for checkini is insufficient for this
nonprogrammer ("sucks big time" overstates the case, but it isn't enough
if you don't sort of know what you're doing), the documentation for
copyini was adequate and the program worked as advertised. This user is
grateful to the author, who provided a useful and effective tool with
no thought of profit. Yeah, I'd like an idiot-proof free maintenance
utility, too, but I don't feel entitled to one and I don't feel entitled
to bash someone for generously providing a good, useful, simple program
that works as advertised, plus a more sophisticated one that I misused.
(Actually, I do feel entitled to an idiot-proof free utility, but only
from IBM and only in the form of a patch or update. Now that we have an
APAR number, that should eventually appear.)

Not a flame, just an expression of appreciation, interjected for
balance. I, too, will be wary of checkini, but also of unneeded or
excessive precaution.

--David
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