sysrc -- a sysctl(8)-like utility for managing /etc/rc.conf et. al.

Doug Barton dougb at FreeBSD.org
Mon Oct 11 17:46:43 UTC 2010


On 10/8/2010 7:12 AM, Daniel Gerzo wrote:
> On 7.10.2010 15:42, Warren Block wrote:
>> Consider also the docs that tell the user to
>> echo 'something_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf
>>
>> which can produce duplicate and possibly differing entries. Or
>> non-working entries if there was no ending \n present, or even a broken
>
> like forgetting to add two '>' and not having a backup :)
>
>> rc.conf that breaks startup.

You cannot program around stupidity. :)


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