Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 03:10:35 -0600 (CST) From: Don Read <sysop@calcasieu.com> To: Alan@lcs.mit.edu (Alan Bawden) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: messing with /etc/rc.conf Message-ID: <9901140910.AA29065@oak.austin.calcasieu.com> In-Reply-To: <14Jan1999.003932.Alan@LCS.MIT.EDU> from "Alan Bawden" at Jan 14, 99 01:02:50 am
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> <snip> > OK, so I've now established that the first guy to try answering my question > didn't actually know that something other than `sh' occasionally reads and > re-writes the contents of /etc/rc.conf. > 'tude--; <snip> > > To review: I recently noticed that the line in my rc.conf file that used to > read: > > ntpdate_flags="-bs $(/usr/bin/awk '$1 == "server" || $1 == "peer" {print $2}' /etc/ntp.conf)" > > had been altered to read: > > ntpdate_flags="-bs $(/usr/bin/awk '$1 == " > The problem is the use of mixed quote-ing [" '] attempting to run a process instead of the expected constant " ". try instead: ntpdate_flags=`echo \-bs;awk '/^server|^peer/{ print $2 }' /etc/ntp.conf` (works from cmd line, YMMV). > > Somebody? > who ? me ? Regards, -- Don Read sysop@calcasieu.com EDP Manager dread@texas.net Calcasieu Lumber Co. Austin TX -- Will sysadmin for food To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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