Re: F12 -> F14 (via preupgrade), not so smooth

[Bill Davidsen]

stan wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:56:04 -0500
> Bill Davidsen  wrote:
> > stan wrote:
> > > #Fix console loglevel
> > > if [ -n "$LOGLEVEL" ]; then
> > >         /bin/dmesg -n $LOGLEVEL
> > > else
> > >         /bin/dmesg -n 3
> > > fi
> >
> > /bin/dmesg -n ${LOGLEVEL:-3}
>
> That's slick.  I presume you meant
> /bin/dmesg -n ${LOGLEVEL:3}
> changing the -3 to a 3?  I didn't look up the documentation, just
> extrapolating.

What I wrote means to use the $LOGLEVEL value if defined, else to use the 
default value "3". See the bash manual for operators, there are a bunch, of 
which ":-" is the one I use most often.