Re: bootmisc.sh

2012-01-04 Thread Balint Szigeti
thank you to everyone the help. I now understand it. Balint -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f046073.2070...@gmail.com

Re: bootmisc.sh

2012-01-04 Thread Wilko Fokken
On Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 11:10:11AM +, Balint Szigeti wrote: > > I found this > > *: > */var/run/utmp > > in /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh on Debian 6.0.3 > > Can you explain what does " : > " mean? > > Thank you > Balint my /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh shows these lines: ...

Re: bootmisc.sh

2012-01-04 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
Hi! On Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 06:10:11AM -0500, Balint Szigeti wrote: > hello > > I found this > > : > /var/run/utmp > > in /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh on Debian 6.0.3 > > Can you explain what does " : > " mean? The ":" is an empty command - which has it's output redirec

Re: bootmisc.sh

2012-01-04 Thread Roger Leigh
On Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 11:10:11AM +, Balint Szigeti wrote: > I found this > : > /var/run/utmp > in /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh on Debian 6.0.3 > > Can you explain what does " : > " mean? : is a builtin shell command that does nothing. Thus piping its output (nothing) to /var/run/utmp has the e