rc.conf when ssid has spaces in it: missing documentation or missing feature?

Glen Barber glen.j.barber at gmail.com
Thu Jun 11 19:45:39 UTC 2009


On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Yuri<yuri at rawbw.com> wrote:
> I can't find any references in rc.conf(5) on how to set up ifconfig line if
> SSID has spaces which is very typical situation.
> ifconfig(8) doesn't mention this either but it works if I put quotes around
> it.
>
> I would assume spaces should be substituted for '_' like in Linux. But I
> remember I wasn't able to make it work for some reason.
>

Did you try escaping it?

"My\ SSID\ Has\ Spaces"

-- 
Glen Barber


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