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Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 08:18:23 -0400
From: Mike Makonnen <mtm@identd.net>
To: Tobias Roth <roth@iam.unibe.ch>
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Subject: Re: rcng: additional argument to run_rc_command
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On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 01:13:51PM +0200, Tobias Roth wrote:
> is it possible to give  an extra argument to an $extra_commands
> command? the usual call to run_rc_command
> 
> run_rc_command "$1"
> 
> suggests otherwise, as $1 already is the name of the command to
> be executed (start, stop, etc).
> 
> would this be possible/a good idea to implement?
> 

I very much doubt it. If you want to use multiple arguments just
special case it in the script itself (i.e - rc.d/netif).

Cheers.
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