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Date:      Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:03:56 -0700
From:      Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com>
To:        Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: rc.conf when ssid has spaces in it: missing documentation or missing  feature?
Message-ID:  <4A31632C.7060005@rawbw.com>
In-Reply-To: <200906111155.15644.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net>
References:  <4A315B15.5030000@rawbw.com> <200906111155.15644.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net>

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Mel Flynn wrote:
>
> So escape use and escape the quotes with a backslash. You may need more then 
> one backslash, depending on the level of evaluation in /etc/rc.subr and 
> /etc/rc.d/netif.
>   

I believe documentation should describe this since this is a major 
element of setting wireless network up.
If that's more than one backslash that's bad since it makes it cryptic.
I will investigate and will file a PR with patch.

Yuri




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