Is /etc/rc.conf scriptable?

[Alexander Leidinger]

Quoting Yue Wu <vanopen at gmail.com> (from Tue, 1 Feb 2011 20:35:06 +0800):

> 2. check if bitlbee has been installed, if so, then let bitlbee
> service start.
>
>
> So I tried with following settings in rc.conf, but all of them failed,
> i.e., the networking can't be connected and bitlbee service doesn't
> run.
>
> /etc/rc.conf

> if [ -x /usr/local/sbin/bitlbee ]; then
>     bitlbee_enable="YES"
> fi

If it is not installed, there will be no rc.d script for it, so  
nothing will happen. This means you just can add bitlbee_enable="YES"  
unconditionally, and no error/warning message will show up during boot.

Bye,
Alexander.

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