Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2017 13:14:10 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is quoting necessary in /etc/rc.conf ? Message-ID: <20170806131410.6766474dc2b228e06742cff9@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <VI1PR02MB120082575A858DA8685A40A0F6B40@VI1PR02MB1200.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> References: <VI1PR02MB120082575A858DA8685A40A0F6B40@VI1PR02MB1200.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com>
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On Sun, 6 Aug 2017 11:00:03 +0000 Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > On my system, it works whether I put either of the following in rc.conf: > > xyz_enable="YES" > > Or, > > xyz_enable=YES > > Just wished to check whether an unquoted YES is completely equivalent > (and accepted) as a quoted YES ? Since rc.conf is sourced into shell scripts (/bin/sh) what you're doing in it is setting shell variables, so the quotes are only really needed if there are spaces in the value (which you could also escape). -- Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
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