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I want, if possible, for the user to enter something in the rc.conf file to= be added to the "command" string when the program is started. EXAMPLE: In the rc script, this is present command=3D/usr/local/bin/MyProg Now, suppose the user wanted to activate logging. They could modify the rc script and append an "-l" to the command string. However, I would rather th= ey entered options in the rc.conf file I have been trying to use something like this in the re.conf file: MyProg_append=3D"-l" is there a way to get the script to automatically append that to the "command" or would I have to use something like this: command=3D/usr/local/bin/MyProg ${MyProg_append} What happens if the variable is empty? Thanks! --=20 Carmel