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Subject: Re: Urgent!. Problem with / etc / rc.conf
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On 06/11/2011 04:10, Zantgo wrote:
> Without wanting to erase all contents of / etc / rc.conf, by running "echo" slim_enable = "YES" ">  / etc / rc.conf". Please help!.

You could have used the following:

echo slim_enable = "YES" >> /etc/rc.conf

The ">>" appends the line instead of replacing the existing contents.

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Bruce Cran