Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:00:08 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Artis Caune <artis.caune@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: shell power in rc.conf Message-ID: <20090818150008.GC77498@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <9e20d71e0908180253x4a11114cxc3e2c4af8798878@mail.gmail.com> References: <9e20d71e0908180253x4a11114cxc3e2c4af8798878@mail.gmail.com>
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In the last episode (Aug 18), Artis Caune said: > Is there any reason of not using shell variables in rc.conf? > I want to tune rc.conf for easy editing and administration. Take for > example jail_list or cloned_interfaces with 10+ entries: Remember that every startup script sources rc.conf, sometimes very early or late in the startup/shutdown sequence, so just make sure you don't echo anything to stdout/stderr or try to run commands that might be on filesystems that aren't mounted yet, and you should be fine. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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