Has Linux got "registry"?

lucky6969b · 03-29-2006, 09:57 PM

Is there a concept of registry in Linux?
I want to get the serial port speed and somethin' like that...
Thanks
Jack

rkelsen · 03-29-2006, 10:10 PM

No. I wouldn't use it if it had one.

In a nutshell, config files go under /etc and live system information can be found under /proc

Have fun.

augurseer · 03-29-2006, 10:45 PM

yea, linux doesnt bind itself to one set of locals with info or setting, each app can have it settinfs wherever it wants, all those apps are jsut binary files with guidlines on how to run, no cenetral thinking. most high level or kernel apps and funtions fall under proc , and most of linux is peiced together by the user and the distro so haveing cenetal stuff would hurt larger inovation (thoguh it would make updates and migrations easier) bu thats another post...lol

stephenwalter · 03-29-2006, 11:01 PM

Hi,
There is no registry in Linux. The registry associates file types to the type of image file needed to open it, etc.

The chances are most of the "registry" stuff is not needed at all. A lot of intermediate stuff like that is handled by creating a shell script to execute your program.

Regards,
S.Suresh Stephen.

xhi · 03-30-2006, 07:42 AM

as was said linux has no registry..

in windows a primary function of the registry is configuration for apps.. in linux it is common for an applicatoin to use a plain-text file(s).. this is a big plus because editing a plain-text file is so much easier (and less troublesome) than using a registry like windows..

aluser · 03-30-2006, 08:13 AM

Both gnome and kde provide things that are similar to the windows registry; you store key/value pairs where the keys exist in a hierarchy with / separators.

nx5000 · 03-30-2006, 08:27 AM

http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Serial-HOWTO.html

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Code:

stty -F /dev/ttyS0

augurseer · 03-30-2006, 08:38 AM

short answer apps have there own config files that tell them what to do and KDE and gnome which are WM`s have their own files and configs, BUT linux as a whole doesnt.

linux is far to wide and open and de-centrilized, there is no registry, but that was a good question so kudos

Digital Surgeon · 03-30-2006, 10:13 AM

thats the beauty of linux you can remove programs by a simple delete action. So there is no registry at all.............................

augurseer · 03-30-2006, 12:05 PM

tiss also good to update ones rpm database so it knows its gone

dont think delete is the naswer unless you from from source or binary

jiml8 · 03-30-2006, 11:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lucky6969b

Is there a concept of registry in Linux?
I want to get the serial port speed and somethin' like that...
Thanks
Jack

No, thank God.