Re: [Sheflug] Issue File

[Robert Pumphrey <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

backslash is the escape character, so you will have to escape it, with a 
backslash.

(just try putting them in pairs)


Darrell Blake wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Can anyone tell me why in /etc/issue backslashes aren't allowed. I'm
> trying to draw an ASCII picture for the boot up of my LFS system and I
> can't use backslashes.
> 
> Darrell
> 


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