Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 11:26:10 +0100 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> To: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> Cc: 'John' <papalia@UDel.Edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc/rc.conf restart Message-ID: <19990922112610.B21609@lithium.scientia.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105C8A@site2s1> References: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105C8A@site2s1>
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Christopher Michaels wrote:
> Well I can think of two ways. If there are better ways, hopefully someone
> else will mention that.
>
> 1. sh /etc/rc.conf (I have no idea how this would effect the system).
This would do (effectively) nothing. /etc/rc.conf just sets variables,
nothing is executed. The variables set only take effect in the "sh"
process you invoke, and are forgotten when it exits.
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