Re: [gentoo-user] setting locale

[David W Noon <dwnoon@ntlworld.com>]

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On Mon, 30 May 2011 18:00:02 +0200, Neil Bothwick wrote about Re:
[gentoo-user] setting locale:

>On Mon, 30 May 2011 15:43:19 +0100, David W Noon wrote:
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>> Moreover, I never use file redirection from echo when a text editor
>> is a more appropriate tool.  What you have suggested above could well
>> replace a valid locale setting with an that invalid one, without any
>> checks at all on the existing contents of the file.  So, it's best to
>> use vim, nano or even emacs for such a job.
>
>Setting noclobber in /etc/profile.d/*shopts.sh avoids that particular
>problem, as well was the one of accidentally nuking a file when you
>meant to add to it with >>.

Setting noclobber is fine for not obliterating the current contents of
the file, but it does not help where the current contents need to be
updated.  That is why I *always* use a text editor to modify
configuration files.
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Regards,

Dave  [RLU #314465]
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