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Re: PATCH RFC use environment to signify container name for rc scripts

To: Mark Goodwin <mgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: PATCH RFC use environment to signify container name for rc scripts
From: fche@xxxxxxxxxx (Frank Ch. Eigler)
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 14:02:33 -0400
Cc: Nathan Scott <nscott@xxxxxxxxxx>, pcp@xxxxxxxxxxx
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In-reply-to: <55067A95.4080705@xxxxxxxxxx> (Mark Goodwin's message of "Mon, 16 Mar 2015 17:39:17 +1100")
References: <55067A95.4080705@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Mark Goodwin <mgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> [...]
> Something like $PCP_CONTAINER_NAME might prove very useful in contexts
> other than rc scripts too. Thoughts?

Some docker configurations send container-identification values like
$container and $HOSTNAME automatically.  The latter in particular
could be a good default --container=XXXX parameter for use by pcp
clients running within a container.

- FChE

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