Format for entries in loader.conf.local

jsmiddleton4

Obviously rookie question but I can't sort it.

As I read regarding entries or examples I'm seeing two different formats regarding "" in *.conf files.

Some have this:

hw.igc.0.rxd=”4096”

Some have this:

net.inet6.icmp6.rediraccept=1

When does loader.conf.local need the ""? When not?

I suppose its the same ? for all of the *.conf files that can be edited as I see both in examples for other .conf files.

stephenw10

In most cases either will work but the expected format is using speech marks:

     All settings have the following format:

	   variable="value"

See: https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=loader.conf

Steve

jsmiddleton4

@stephenw10
Thanks for the link.

So IF I was going to put this in a *.conf file it'd be:

net.inet6.icmp6.rediraccept="1"

stephenw10

Yes, that would work.

A value like that only has to resolve to logic true or false so I imagine there is more flexibility in the input. I've never really dug much deeper into it but I have used variations of yes, "yes" and YES successfully for variables in the past.

Steve

jsmiddleton4

@stephenw10

I wondered if the 1 and 0's quotes not needed because they are simply enable/disable, yes, no, etc.

Now to look at variables.