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From: "Markus Klotzbücher" <mk@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot-Users] Delete all env vars except read onlys
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:02:10 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87abm5jhst.fsf@denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200802130921.38894.matthias.fuchs@esd-electronics.com> (Matthias Fuchs's message of "Wed\, 13 Feb 2008 09\:21\:38 +0100")

Matthias Fuchs <matthias.fuchs@esd-electronics.com> writes:

> what about a 'scrubenv' or 'cleanenv' command that tries to unset all 
> variables leaving readonlys untouched.
>
> The command could request a confirmation:
>
> => scrubenv
> Do you really want to do this ('yes' or 'no')? yes

Such a confirmation is not very Unix-like and will prevent this command
to be used in scripts. I like the idea of a scrubenv/resetenv command
but vote for leaving out the confirmation.

U-Boot provides many, much more serious ways to blow you foot off which
don't ask such questions.

Best regards

Markus Klotzbuecher

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-02-13 10:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-02-12  8:44 [U-Boot-Users] Delete all env vars except read onlys Matthias Fuchs
2008-02-12 14:49 ` Stefan Roese
2008-02-12 22:55   ` Wolfgang Denk
2008-02-13  8:21   ` Matthias Fuchs
2008-02-13  8:56     ` Stefan Roese
2008-02-13  9:18       ` Matthias Fuchs
2008-02-13 10:02     ` Markus Klotzbücher [this message]
2008-02-13 10:13       ` Stefan Roese
2008-02-13 10:33         ` Markus Klotzbücher
2008-02-13 11:13           ` Detlev Zundel
2008-02-13 12:55             ` Markus Klotzbücher
2008-02-13 12:58               ` Stefan Roese
2008-02-13 22:43             ` Wolfgang Denk
2008-02-13 22:49               ` Scott Wood
2008-02-13 23:03                 ` Wolfgang Denk
2008-02-13 23:04                   ` Scott Wood
2008-02-13 23:11                     ` Wolfgang Denk
2008-02-15 15:37                       ` Detlev Zundel
2008-02-13 22:40         ` Wolfgang Denk
2008-02-13 22:50           ` Scott Wood
2008-02-13 23:05             ` Wolfgang Denk
2008-02-14  5:20             ` Stefan Roese
2008-02-14  7:44               ` Wolfgang Denk
2008-02-15 15:52                 ` Detlev Zundel
2008-02-15 16:11                   ` Wolfgang Denk
2008-02-15 16:40                   ` Wolfgang Denk
2008-02-15 17:12                     ` Markus Klotzbücher
2008-02-15 20:27                     ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2008-02-20 21:17                       ` Matthias Fuchs
2008-02-20 21:30                         ` Ulf Samuelsson
2008-02-21  0:04                           ` Wolfgang Denk
2008-02-22 12:00                         ` Wolfgang Denk
2008-02-18  9:41                     ` Martin Krause
2008-03-25 21:10                     ` Wolfgang Denk
2008-02-13 22:38     ` Wolfgang Denk
2008-02-12 22:38 ` Wolfgang Denk

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