Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 12:30:00 -0700 (PDT) From: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling C. =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= ) To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: conf/8031: /etc/rc looks for /etc/sendmail.cf at startup Message-ID: <199809231930.MAA12485@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR conf/8031; it has been noted by GNATS. From: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling C. =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= ) To: Studded <Studded@dal.net> Cc: Drew Derbyshire <ahd@kew.com>, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: conf/8031: /etc/rc looks for /etc/sendmail.cf at startup Date: 23 Sep 1998 21:20:15 +0200 Studded <Studded@dal.net> writes: > This isn't directed towards Drew, but technically the RHS of the test > should be "XYES" instead of how it is now. The '=' conditional compares > strings, so the LHS is correct, and it should be the same on both sides. > [...] > > ! if [ "X${sendmail_enable}" = X"YES" ]; then > > echo -n ' sendmail'; /usr/sbin/sendmail ${sendmail_flags} > > fi The X is totally unnecessary as long as you have quotes around the variable to make sure you get an empty string (rather than a missing argument) if it's undefined or empty. [ "${sendmail_enable}" = YES ] && echo -n ' sendmail' && /usr/sbin/sendmail ${sendmail_flags} Might as well throw in a ${sendmail_program} for good measure: [ "${sendmail_enable}" = YES ] && echo -n ' sendmail' && ${sendmail_program} ${sendmail_flags} I prefer to place the echo command last so that ' sendmail' is not printed unless sendmail started successfully. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - dag-erli@ifi.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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