Hi Bruce,
Bruce:
read -t "${itime}" -n 1 interactive 2>&1 > /dev/null
$interactive is not set until the read command completes.
It shouldn't need to be set in the script.
Alex:
This is kind of a chicken and egg situation.
If for some reason (say, unknown to us mortals as yet) the 'read'
does
alex lupu wrote:
> In the process of trying to stop the boot sequence right after VFS
> (different story), I took a closer look at '/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc' workings:
>
> 1. I created a file '/etc/sysconfig/rc.site':
> IPROMPT="yes"
> itime=10
That's correct.
> 2. In '/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc', right af
In the process of trying to stop the boot sequence right after VFS
(different story), I took a closer look at '/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc' workings:
1. I created a file '/etc/sysconfig/rc.site':
IPROMPT="yes"
itime=10
2. In '/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc', right after
read -t "${itime}" -n 1 interactive 2>&1 >
