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  From: Benjamin Close <linux@senet.com.au>
  To  : Subba Rao <subb3@attglobal.net>
  Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 23:16:23 +1030 (CST)

Re: Partial execution of /etc/rc.d/rc.M

On Sun, 16 Jan 2000, Subba Rao wrote:

> On  0, Nic & Andrea Bishop <nabishop@iweb.net.au> wrote:
> > Try editing the file in Vi. Vi seems to show all. Look for carriage returns
> 
> What options in VI will allow me to seem non-printable characters?

:set list

turns on all character translation. an newline then looks like $ a tab ^I.
When you edit the file in vi, look to see what format it is at the bottom.
Vim (used on redhat) masks the newline/caraige return characters by
saying [dos format] when you open the file.

Also try adding: set +xv above the section that doesn't load in the script
file as it will show you what's happening at each step. It may just be a
missing & so a processs doesn't go in the background and hangs waiting on
input or because it's a daemon.

Cheers,
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* Benjamin Close
* Benjsc@senet.com.au
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