On Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 02:55:52PM -0600, Schuster, Dan wrote: > When our postinstall program on RH7 does an echo to create a file like: > echo "mybox" > /etc/HOSTNAME > > The file ends up being /etc/HOSTNAME? (with a ? at the end of it). Why is > this doing this and how do you stop it from happening. Does it have to do > with how the ks.cfg file is created -or- how it is copied to the floppy > disk? > > Much Thanks, > -Dan Was the "ks.cfg" file created on a DOS/Windows machine? If so, then there might be a hidden "^M" at the end of the line. This would show up as a "?". Do a "od -c < ks.cfg" and you'll see the "\r" characters. Hope this helps, Ajay
