From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jan 31 07:45:26 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA11378 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 31 Jan 1999 07:45:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from spooky.rwwa.com (rwwa.com [198.115.177.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA11373 for ; Sun, 31 Jan 1999 07:45:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from witr@rwwa.com) Received: from spooky.rwwa.com (localhost.rwwa.com [127.0.0.1]) by spooky.rwwa.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA06309; Sun, 31 Jan 1999 10:49:45 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from witr@rwwa.com) Message-Id: <199901311549.KAA06309@spooky.rwwa.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Dru Nelson cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: more modular rc/init/uninit system... In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 31 Jan 1999 00:17:31 PST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 10:49:45 -0500 From: Robert Withrow Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG dnelson@redwoodsoft.com said: :- /etc/r.c/init.d/{name your service} start|stop|status|restart Which ignores the relationships issue. For example, restarting X may cause Y and Z to croak! What is needed is something like this: /etc/initsys start|stop|status|restart Where the initsys script takes into account the relationships. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Withrow, R.W. Withrow Associates, Swampscott MA, witr@rwwa.COM To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message