Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 15:23:02 +0200 From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: gkshenaut@ucdavis.edu Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Reading rc.conf from C programs? Message-ID: <20030102132302.GG419@straylight.oblivion.bg> In-Reply-To: <200301020200.h0220dx78981@thistle.bogs.org> References: <20030101181840.P29988-100000@april.chuckr.org> <200301020200.h0220dx78981@thistle.bogs.org>
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--JP+T4n/bALQSJXh8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1251 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jan 01, 2003 at 06:00:39PM -0800, Greg Shenaut wrote: > In message <20030101181840.P29988-100000@april.chuckr.org>, Chuck Robey c= leopede: > >On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, Matthew West wrote: > > > >> On Wed, Jan 01, 2003 at 01:51:57PM -0800, Tim Kientzle wrote: > >> > I'm trying to figure out how to read and use /etc/rc.conf > >> > configuration variables from within a C program. >=20 > One off the wall way: >=20 > #!/bin/sh >=20 > set -a > . /etc/rc.conf > exec /your/program Err.. If the original poster wants *all* the variables controlling the system startup, and not just those modified by the /etc/rc.conf file, then maybe something like the following snippet from /etc/rc would be a better choice: # If there is a global system configuration file, suck it in. # if [ -r /etc/defaults/rc.conf ]; then . /etc/defaults/rc.conf source_rc_confs elif [ -r /etc/rc.conf ]; then . /etc/rc.conf fi This way you get the additional benefit of reading variables from other files besides /etc/rc.conf, like e.g. /etc/rc.conf.local; without this, you might miss important configudation data in some setups. G'luck, Peter --=20 Peter Pentchev roam@ringlet.net roam@FreeBSD.org PGP key: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~roam/roam.key.asc Key fingerprint FDBA FD79 C26F 3C51 C95E DF9E ED18 B68D 1619 4553 I had to translate this sentence into English because I could not read the = original Sanskrit. --JP+T4n/bALQSJXh8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+FD027Ri2jRYZRVMRAkiKAKCExElJeF5+0nvABOwo7uSXL+G+lwCgrVe9 1fZsblH/DdO4bPn5AyfiYGo= =iTVH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --JP+T4n/bALQSJXh8-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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