[suse-sparc] syntax error near unexpected token'"(B'

From: Lou Picciano / Essex Systems (LouPicciano@home.com)
Date: Tue Jun 12 2001 - 11:39:13 PDT

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From: Lou Picciano / Essex Systems <LouPicciano@home.com>
Message-ID: <B74BDA11.39AC%LouPicciano@home.com>
Subject: [suse-sparc] syntax error near unexpected token'"(B'

    All:

    After a recent edit of my rc.config file, I have started getting the
    message:

    syntax error near unexpected token'"(B' #CONSOLE_MAGIC can be empty
    or have..." etc.

    I have been using Text Editor to edit my configureation files, and have been
    careful to keep word wrapping off, so as not to introduce any carriage
    returns or newlines. Please note also that I have edited the file nowhere
    _near_ the CONSOLE_MAGIC area.

    I can only guess that something in the SuSEconfig run is introducing some
    bizarre character, causing the interpreter to ignore my leading '#'
    characters around this part of the rc.config file. This has the added
    annoyance of filling my monitor, at startup, with pages of the above error
    as my rc.config file is processed. My evidence that it might be SuSEconfig
    is that this exact behavior has happened before, and always when I have not
    been near the CONSOLE_MAGIC variable!

    Even if I knew which script was the 'offender', I'm not sure I'd know how to
    fix it!

    Does anyone know a resolution to this?

    At the very least, how can I 'vacuum' my rc.config to find the offending
    characters??

    TIA, Lou

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