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To: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>
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Subject: Re: Problems with nfsstat and dynamic OID 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 21 Feb 1999 13:32:57 GMT."
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From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
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In message <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902211322320.82049-100000@herring.nlsystems.com>, Do
ug Rabson writes:

>Since
>sysctlbyname exists and is obviously a better mechanism for reading the
>variable (based on code complexity), then why not use it?

I support this.  It was the intention of sysctlbyname() to minimize the
use of "well-known-OIDs" as much as possible.

--
Poul-Henning Kamp             FreeBSD coreteam member
phk@FreeBSD.ORG               "Real hackers run -current on their laptop."
FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far!


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