[SOLVED] Re: config files - newline possible?

Hi Greg, ah, I wasn't aware of this. This is really great news! And it will help me much. You made my day! Thank you very much. Best regards Hans > On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 08:42:20PM +0200, Hans wrote: > > in my case it is the config freom from bootcdwrite, which is > > bootcdwrite.conf. >

Re: config files - newline possible?

On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 08:42:20PM +0200, Hans wrote: > in my case it is the config freom from bootcdwrite, which is bootcdwrite.conf. says: This file will be sourced as shell file. So, you may use any valid "shell"

Re: config files - newline possible?

Hi Tomas, in my case it is the config freom from bootcdwrite, which is bootcdwrite.conf. The parm is NOT_TO_CD and as there are many and partly long pathnames, the line has increased rather long. So I want to shorten it. But as it was said: there is no general way for this. So I just try some

Re: config files - newline possible?

On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 05:56:05PM +0200, Hans wrote: > Hi folks, > > O know in shell scripts it is possible, to seperate a looong line of commands > into several short lines. > > But can this be done in config-files, too? > > I have a files with the syntax like this: > >

Re: config files - newline possible?

Hans (12024-04-11): > But can this be done in config-files, too? Depends entirely on the software reading the config file. Some will use \, some will use something else, some will offer no solution. Regards, -- Nicolas George

config files - newline possible?

Hi folks, O know in shell scripts it is possible, to seperate a looong line of commands into several short lines. But can this be done in config-files, too? I have a files with the syntax like this: Do_not_write="/path1/subfolder /path1/subfolder2 ... /pathX/subfolderX" And as there are