Viral wrote: > My problem is that, there will be a variable number of nodes for which > information is required. This will be only known at runtime.
No problem. A single debconf template can instantiate into an unlimited number of individual questions. See the REGISTER command. You can also use substitution variables to make small alterations to individual questions. > I thought of fixing up the max. number of nodes to 16. Now, if I use > the backup functionality, how do I allow the user to specify 4 nodes and > then continue, instead of pressing <enter> another 12 times ? Maybe you should prompt for the number of nodes first, then create that many and display them all. -- see shy jo
