On 2012/02/15 10:36, PP;QQ P(P8P?P8QP8P= wrote: > I wonder if /etc/rc.conf.local included into hostname.xxx scripts ? > > if so, I could use > > advskew=100 in rc.conf.local and > > $advskew in hostname.xxx later
It might work; try it.. I don't think it is any more clean than backquotes though. The problem with things like this is that changes to the OS may break them in the future. But maybe this would be useful enough to document it and support it properly..

