On Tue, 16 Jan 1996 12:14:39 +0100 (MET) 
 frank@fwi.uva.nl (Frank van der Linden) wrote:

 > Method 4 seems the best to me too, and it's in line with how some other
 > config files are handled. One thing that worries me though, is that
 > there is a 1:1 mapping of config files/utilities, so the number of
 > *_mkdb programs may become confusing to the user. Although a solution
 > like mount vs. mount_xxx would help, i.e. an 'mkdb' program that
 > calls the appropriate special purpose programs?

I think that's a marvelous idea...

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