According to Brian White:
> Whenever I need to use sed with a path, I always use "|" instead of "/":
>
> sed -e "s|^CONFIG_DIR=.*|CONFIG_DIR=/stick/your/path/here|" <
> CONFIG >CONFIG.new
> mv CONFIG.new CONFIG
>
> At 10:48 11/07/2001 -0400, Geoff Hutchison wrote:
> >On Wed, 11 Jul 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > > Waht i mean is: i don't want to edit the CONFIG-file during the
> > installation -
> > > this must run itself.
> >
> >Use 'sed.'
> >
> >e.g.
> >
> >echo "s/^CONFIG_DIR=.*/CONFIG_DIR=\/path/" >pattern
> >sed -f pattern CONFIG >CONFIG.new
> >mv CONFIG.new CONFIG
> >rm pattern
> >
> >(There's probably a way to escape everything for using sed's -e command,
> >but I often miss something or other and prefer to use a temporary file.)
Another option would be to use a patch file and the patch command to apply
any "edits" to files from a script. This is what I do in the .spec file
for the htdig-3.1.5 RPM package.
--
Gilles R. Detillieux E-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Spinal Cord Research Centre WWW: http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/~grdetil
Dept. Physiology, U. of Manitoba Phone: (204)789-3766
Winnipeg, MB R3E 3J7 (Canada) Fax: (204)789-3930
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