On Sun, Nov 06, 2011 at 01:10:28AM -0300, Zantgo wrote: > Without wanting to erase all contents of / etc / rc.conf, by > running "echo" slim_enable = "YES" "> / etc / rc.conf". > Please help!.
First, please learn to break your lines at about 70 characters. It makes it easier to reply appropriately. Second, you should learn to use a text editor - most particularly the vi(1) editor wihch is distributed in /usr/bin/vi That will help your system administration a whole lot. Here is a web page with simplified info on using vi on a basic level. http://z2.cl.msu.edu/~jerrymc/project/editvi/ Third, to append to a file instead of replacing it when using echo double the '>' character - as in >> In your example, it would be: echo 'slim_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf ////jerry > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"