Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 04:41:34 -0500 (EST) From: Alan Bawden <Alan@LCS.MIT.EDU> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: messing with /etc/rc.conf Message-ID: <8Jan1999.042549.Alan@LCS.MIT.EDU>
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There is a comment at the front of /etc/rc.conf that says:
# All arguments must be in double or single quotes.
It's not clear exactly what the restriction here is, but I recently learned
that if rc.conf contains the following:
ntpdate_flags="-bs $(awk '$1 == "server" || $1 == "peer" {print $2}' /etc/ntp.conf)"
something will occasionally re-write this to read:
ntpdate_flags="-bs $(awk '$1 == "
So I have two questions:
1. What is it that makes this change. And what exactly are the rules it
applies when parsing/rewriting the file?
2. If I move the setting of ntpdate_flags into /etc/rc.conf.local, will
whatever this thing is leave it alone there?
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