> [ On Wed, October 25, 1995 at 14:01:57 (+1000), matthew green wrote: ]
> > Subject: Re: #ifdef __i386 in usr.bin/eject 
> >
> > i like how "eject" (no args) works under sunos.  i really wish
> > that it would under netbsd, also.  it just ejects the cdrom or
> > floppy (or both?  don't know)...
> 
> On my Sun 3/260 with SunOS-4.1.1_U1:
> 
> ttyp1:<woods@most> # eject -d
> eject: default device is "/dev/rfd0c"
> ttyp1:<woods@most> # eject -n
> eject: nicknames are:
>         fd -> /dev/rfd0c
>         fd0 -> /dev/rfd0c
>         floppy -> /dev/rfd0c
>         [...]
> 
> and the manual page says:
> 
>   BUGS
>      There should be a way to change the default  on  a  per-user
>      basis.
> 
> It appears the nickname table is hard coded in the SunOS implementation....

How about a file /etc/default/eject, similar to /etc/default/tar? This
wouldn't support per-user defaults for eject, but it's better than
hard coded nicknames.

				Wed Oct 25 12:41:06 MET 1995, boris