Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 08:00:12 +0100 (MET) From: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sysctl for string arguments ? Message-ID: <199810070700.IAA08022@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> In-Reply-To: <199810061834.LAA00391@dingo.cdrom.com> from "Mike Smith" at Oct 6, 98 11:34:24 am
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> > other strings in sysctl args seem not to be R/W (or at least, > > not settable with the "sysctl" command... e.g. kern.hostname and the > > like). > > kern.corefile in kern_sig.c. ok, thanks (i was looking on -stable...) On this subject, it seems that sysctl on 2.2.6 at least does not accept strings containing spaces: sysctl -w kern.hostname=a,b,c works, whereas sysctl -w kern.hostname="a b c" fails. I am not sure who does the parsing of strings removing whitespace, nor if this works on -current luigi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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