sysrc(8) -- a sysctl(8)-like utility for managing rc.conf(5)

[Cyrille Lefevre]

Le 06/11/2010 19:14, Devin Teske a écrit :
> On Nov 6, 2010, at 7:37 AM, Cyrille Lefevre wrote:
>> Le 06/11/2010 04:16, Devin Teske a écrit :
> So, there should be no concern about expanding escape-sequences unless
> all of the following is true:
> 
> a. You're using sh, bash, or something similar (not csh or tcsh)

well, pdksh :-) freebsd builtin echo doesn't expand \ sequences, sorry.

>> this imply performance
>> degradation... alternatively, you may want to use the -E option to echo
>> if supported (freebsd seems to support it, so, use it).
>> same remark about read, always use the -r option...
> 
> I think you meant `-e', I'm not familiar with `-E', is that the opposite
> of `-e' (as in, "don't expand escape-sequences")?

well, -E is suppported by pdksh and bash but not by ksh88 nor ksh93.
so, consider it as a bashisime. also, I've the habit to alias echo to
echo -E under bash to get the bsd behaviour... so, don't care, but
rememer you that echo may have bad effects in portable programs.

> Use of `-r' depends. I find that it's not enough to say "always use it".
> 50% of the cases I've come across should not use it while the other half
> should. It really depends on whether you want to pick up the contents of
> the next line should there be a trailing back-slash at the end of the
> first line read.

usual users don't even known the -r option to read and are wrong about
that. it's just a remember you :-)

forgot my geek code :-)

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see you...

Regards,

Cyrille Lefevre
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