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From: Ceri <setantae@submonkey.net>
To: Martin Schweizer <info@pc-service.ch>
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Subject: Re: rc.shutdown
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On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 11:08:33PM +0200, Martin Schweizer wrote:
> Hello
> 
> I want to shutdown my dhcpd with /bin/kill 'cat /var/run/dhcpd.pid'. I set 
> this in rc.shutdown but nothing occurs. In man pages and READMEs I didn't 
> found anything (only an example man rc). What do I wrong?

On top of what others have pointed out, you should be using backticks there
(namely `, note the difference between ` and ').

Ceri

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