On 08/13/15 05:34, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Thu, 2015-08-13 at 05:19 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> On 08/13/15 04:43, jd1008 wrote:
>>> Just wondering why some values of EnvironmentFile variable in the
>>> services files are as follows (output of grep):
>>>
>>> /usr/lib/systemd/system/irda.service:EnvironmentFile=
>>> -/etc/sysconfig/irda
>>> /usr/lib/systemd/system/sshd.service:EnvironmentFile=/etc/sysconfig
>>> /sshd
>>>
>>>
>>> So, what's with the hyphen after = ??
>>>
>>> What does it mean?
>> The answer you seek is in the man pages.
>>
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>> If I wanted a blog or social media I'd go elsewhere
> Actually I was intrigued by this (it's not standard Shell syntax) and
> had a quick look at the man pages. It certainly doesn't jump out at
> you. I looked at the pages for systemd-system.conf and systemd.service.
>
Knowing that the man pages are also on the internet can be useful as it makes 
searching them much easier.  Found the answer in one google search and another 
extra click.  The extra click would not have been necessary had I picked the 
second of the returned search results.  But I hadn't had my coffee yet so the 
apparent nature of the second result didn't register.


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