Actually: jail_box_ip=$( jot -w "66.252.2.%d" -s "," 124 4 )
gives me: Aug 2 20:10:50 mother root: /etc/rc: WARNING: devfs_set_ruleset: you must specify a ruleset number Aug 2 20:10:58 mother root: /etc/rc: ERROR: jail: No IP address has been defined for box On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 9:16 PM, Lars Kristiansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Redd Vinylene skrev: >> >> Can something similar be used for my >> >> ifconfig_rl0_aliasN="inet 66.252.2.N netmask 255.255.255.255" >> >> as well? >> > > This is not as elegant, but may help in a similar way: > > alia=-1; > while [ "$alia" -lt '123' ] ; do > alia=$(($alia+1)) ; > ips=$(($alia+4)) ; > echo "ifconfig_rl0_alias$alia=\"inet 66.252.2.$ips netmask > 255.255.255.255\"" ; > done > > > Regards > Lars, > arbeidsøkende, Oslo > > >> On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 8:07 PM, Redd Vinylene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>> >>> jail_box_ip=$( jot -w "66.252.2.%d" -s "," 124 4 ) >>> >>> What a gorgeous solution ;) >>> >>> Thanks man! >>> >>> On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 7:37 PM, Matthew Seaman >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Redd Vinylene wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hey, I got a couple of hundred IPs, is there an easy way to add them >>>>> all to jail_box_ip="ip1,ip2,ip3" without making like the longest line >>>>> ever? >>>>> >>>>> Like this? >>>>> >>>>> jail_box_ip="66.252.2.4,\ >>>>> 66.252.2.5,\ >>>>> 66.252.2.6,\ >>>>> >>>>> Unfortunately that doesn't look too good. >>>>> >>>>> Nor does: >>>>> >>>>> export x=$(cat ips);export jail_ips=''; for ip in $x; do export >>>>> jail_ips="$jail_ips,$ip"; done; export jail_ips=$(echo $jail_ips | sed >>>>> s/,$/''/ | sed s/^,//); >>>>> >>>>> Is there a more beautiful alternative? >>>> >>>> /etc/rc.conf is just /bin/sh code. All you need to do is set >>>> the variables -- usually by assigning a static string, but you >>>> can use whatever constructs you want. Well - within reason. Making >>>> something as critical as the system boot process depend on a bunch of >>>> other files or processes is not a good idea on the whole. >>>> >>>> You can include multi-line whitespace in the variables by using single >>>> quotes: >>>> >>>> jail_box_ip='66.252.2.4, >>>> 66.252.2.5, >>>> 66.252.2.6, >>>> 66.252.2.7' >>>> >>>> Assuming that the init script that processes this data isn't phased >>>> by the inclusion of a bit of whitespace. >>>> >>>> Or you can generate the required numbers, assuming they are >>>> consecutive: >>>> >>>> jail_box_ip=$( jot -w "66.252.2.%d" -s "," 5 4 ) >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Matthew >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard >>>> Flat 3 >>>> PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate >>>> Kent, CT11 9PW >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> http://www.home.no/reddvinylene >>> >> >> >> > > -- http://www.home.no/reddvinylene _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"