Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2011 18:36:10 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Zantgo <zantgo@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Urgent!. Problem with / etc / rc.conf Message-ID: <20111106233610.GB87678@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <288821E5-0392-49CA-BC85-0E550769C732@gmail.com> References: <288821E5-0392-49CA-BC85-0E550769C732@gmail.com>
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On Sun, Nov 06, 2011 at 01:10:28AM -0300, Zantgo wrote:
> Without wanting to erase all contents of / etc / rc.conf, by
> running "echo" slim_enable = "YES" "> / etc / rc.conf".
> Please help!.
First, please learn to break your lines at about 70 characters. It makes
it easier to reply appropriately.
Second, you should learn to use a text editor - most particularly
the vi(1) editor wihch is distributed in /usr/bin/vi
That will help your system administration a whole lot.
Here is a web page with simplified info on using vi on a basic level.
http://z2.cl.msu.edu/~jerrymc/project/editvi/
Third, to append to a file instead of replacing it when using echo double
the '>' character - as in >>
In your example, it would be: echo 'slim_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf
////jerry
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