On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 16:22:45 -0500 Timothy Luoma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Jan 3, 2005, at 3:49 PM, Eric F Crist wrote: > >> First off, let me thank you very much for the massive amount of >> information you've given me thus far. > >I am a commandline geek from way back, so you're welcome. > >My brother actually had a Dilbert from years ago that he gave me where >Dilbert runs into a guy with a long beard and suspenders and says "Hey, >you're one of those Unix geeks, aren't you?" > >I wish I could get that on a T-Shirt! > >Anyway, the sourcing idea is definitely a good one. I'm not usually >working with such easy source material (I do a lot of stuff where I'm >pulling information off a website, etc) > >> Do me a favor and tell me if >> this syntax is correct: >> >> #!/bin/sh >> >> . /etc/rc.conf >> >> if [ "$grog_firewall_enable" = "YES" ] >> then >> echo "Firewall enabled." >> elif [ "$grog_firewall_enable" = "NO" ] >> then >> echo "Firewall disabled." >> fi >> >> exit 0 > >yes, that's right > [remainder deleted --SB] It has been many years, but it seems to me that, under 4.3BSD, the echo commands shown above would have been verboten in /etc/rc or any scripts run by it because none of those processes had a /dev/tty associated with them. Has this limitation been bypassed in FreeBSD somehow? Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG ********************************************************************** * Internet: bennett at cs.niu.edu * *--------------------------------------------------------------------* * "A well regulated and disciplined militia, is at all times a good * * objection to the introduction of that bane of all free governments * * -- a standing army." * * -- Gov. John Hancock, New York Journal, 28 January 1790 * ********************************************************************** _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"