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Date:      Thu, 14 Jan 1999 16:12:42 -0500 (EST)
From:      Alan Bawden <Alan@LCS.MIT.EDU>
To:        sysop@calcasieu.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: messing with /etc/rc.conf
Message-ID:  <14Jan1999.120601.Alan@LCS.MIT.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <9901140910.AA29065@oak.austin.calcasieu.com> (message from Don Read on Thu, 14 Jan 1999 03:10:35 -0600 (CST))
References:   <9901140910.AA29065@oak.austin.calcasieu.com>

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   From: Don Read <sysop@calcasieu.com>
   Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 03:10:35 -0600 (CST)
   > ...the line in my rc.conf file that used to
   > read:
   > 
   >   ntpdate_flags="-bs $(/usr/bin/awk '$1 == "server" || $1 == "peer" {print $2}' /etc/ntp.conf)"
   > 
   > had been altered to read:
   > 
   >   ntpdate_flags="-bs $(/usr/bin/awk '$1 == "
   > 

   The problem is the use of mixed quote-ing [" '] attempting to run 
   a process instead of the expected constant " ".

   try instead:
   ntpdate_flags=`echo \-bs;awk '/^server|^peer/{ print $2 }' /etc/ntp.conf`

Nope.  The code in /stand/sysinstall that updates rc.conf files -- which I
just went and read -- will rewrite this to be:

 ntpdate_flags="/^server|^peer/{ print $2 }"

At least that's what I think it will do, I didn't actually run it.

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