On 4/18/06, Coleman Kane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 4/18/06, M. Warner Losh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Eric Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > : Gordon Bergling wrote: > > : > Hi, > > : > > > : > * Thus spake Eric Anderson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > : >> I've made a patch to /etc/rc.subr that makes the startup/shutdown > > rc > > : >> scripting look similar to other OS's (many different linux distros, > > > > : >> HP-UX, etc), but without color. > > : >> > > : >> The patch shouldn't break anything, and is only enabled if you have > > this > > : >> in your /etc/rc.conf: > > : >> > > : >> rc_fancy="YES" > > : >> > > : >> Several of the /etc/rc.d/* scripts send output to stdout, so that > > could > > : >> be cleaned up a bit if needed, but for now I tried to keep the > > patch as > > : >> minimal as possible. > > : >> > > : >> This is still a first pass, so please give feedback. > > : > > > : > A short try on my notebook shows some errors. > > : > I don't want to let this email getting too big, so I put the "dmesg > > -a" > > : > output online. http://generic.0xfce3.net/dmesg-fancy.txt > > : > > > : > BTW, the patch applied cleanly. > > : > > : > > : Thanks for the feedback! Looks like I made an erroneous assumption > > that > > : the wc, expr, and printf tools found in /usr/bin and /bin would be > > : available through boot, but that isn't the case on systems with those > > : file systems separate from /. I'm not sure how to resolve some of > > these > > : issues, since I don't know of a way to do those functions in csh > > without > > : them. I'm open to suggestions here from anyone. > > Also, /bin/sh is used to execute rc NOT /bin/csh. So you are writing in Bourne shell and not C-Shell.
-- > coleman kane > > > > _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
