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Date:      Tue, 10 Jun 2014 13:26:10 +0100
From:      RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: quotes around YES or NO are not necessary in /etc/rc.conf?
Message-ID:  <20140610132610.07c4b256@gumby.homeunix.com>
In-Reply-To: <201406101202.s5AC2Qo9066628@mech-anton240.men.bris.ac.uk>
References:  <201406101202.s5AC2Qo9066628@mech-anton240.men.bris.ac.uk>

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On Tue, 10 Jun 2014 13:02:26 +0100 (BST)
Anton Shterenlikht wrote:

> Am I right that quotes around YES or NO are
> not needed in /etc/rc.conf?
> 

It's just a bourne shell script, so they aren't needed for just YES or
NO.

> 
> I think quotes might be coming from
> incorrect reading of rc.conf(5).

I doubt that, I think it's probably just a matter of style. Some
assignments do require quotes, and a lot of people prefer consistency.



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