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From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu>
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<<On Thu, 25 Apr 1996 22:58:14 +0800, Peter Wemm <peter@jhome.dialix.com> said:

> BTW: I would not at all distressed to see a few subdirs in /etc.. Eg: (to
> borrow a lead from some other OS's) /etc/inet (contains tcp/ip stuff),
> /etc/mail (contains mail stuff), /etc/lpd, /etc/nfs (including amd, exports),
> and you get the idea. :-)  Unfortunately, there are statically linked binaries
> to deal with.

Since you have to specify the full pathname, there's no reason why you
can't put your AMD map files anywhere you want to; /etc/rc sure
doesn't care.  I use `-x noinfo /net amd.net /home amd.home'.  (I put
mine in YP.)

-GAWollman

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