/etc/sysconfig/desktop

[Jason Kohles]

On Jan 24, 2007, at 3:49 AM, <tamas.1.simon at nokia.com> <tamas. 
1.simon at nokia.com> wrote:

> Thanks,
>
> Actually I have thought of this solution but I have an other line  
> in the
> desktop file: 'DESKTOP=icewm' but with this command it would be
> overwritten.
>
No it wouldn't, >> appends to the file, it doesn't overwrite it.

> So I have a nice script to check the desktop file and put the  
> PREFERRED
> thing into it if this line would not exist, and this script would  
> go to
> the %post part.
>
That makes it a little cleaner, but Chip's suggestion works just as  
well.  If the file already has a PREFERRED line, you will end up with  
two, but the new one will override the old one, so you still get what  
you want.

> I was only curious whether there is any other solution.
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Tamas
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of ext John
> Summerfield
> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 9:00 PM
> To: Discussion list about Kickstart
> Subject: Re: /etc/sysconfig/desktop
>
> Shabazian, Chip wrote:
>> Do you simply need to add the line PREFERRED="icewm" to
>> /etc/sysconfig/desktop?
>>
>> If so, just put this in %post
>>
>> echo "PREFERRED=\"icewm\"" >> /etc/sysconfig/desktop
>
> Or
> echo PREFERRED=icewm >> /etc/sysconfig/desktop
>
> You don't need any of those quotes, and hence no quoting of quotes.
>
> -- 
>
> Cheers
> John
>
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