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Subject: Re: rc.conf
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On Tue, 23 Jan 2007, eoghan wrote:

> On 23 Jan 2007, at 18:26, Jerry McAllister wrote:
>
>> 
>>> Hi
>>> Just a general question:
>>> should all values in rc.conf be in quotes... like:
>>> network_enable="rl0"
>> 
>> It is a good idea.  I think, if there is no white space in the value,
>> then you can get away without it, but maybe I have my shells confused
>> in my mind.   Anyway, using the quotes will always be OK.
>
> ok thanks to all who replied.
> Eoghan

I always use quotes because it's easier to follow along with and in case of whitespace, the rc.conf parser won't bail / give the relevant command incorrect values, IIRC.

-Garrett