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To: Baldur Gislason <baldur@foo.is>
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Subject: Re: Suggestion:  usbd.conf uses rc.conf for options
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Baldur Gislason wrote:
> I agree, that would be a nice feature in usbd, but a workaround to gain the same functionality would be:
> 
> attach "/usr/sbin/moused `/usr/bin/perl -e 'while(<>) { $foo = $_ . $foo; } if($foo =~ /^moused_flags="(.*?)"$/im) { print $1; }' < /etc/rc.conf` -p /dev/${DEVNAME} -I /var/run/moused.${DEVNAME}.pid"

Why not just:

   attach ". /etc/rc.conf; /usr/bin/moused ${moused_flags} -p 
/dev/${DEVNAME} -I /var/run/moused.${DEVNAME}.pid"

(untested)

-Dom

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