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Date:      Thu, 19 Jun 1997 19:54:50 +1000 (EST)
From:      Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au>
To:        dima@best.net
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: btw
Message-ID:  <199706191002.DAA19856@hub.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <199706190826.BAA19159@burka.rdy.com> from "Dima Ruban" at Jun 19, 97 01:26:06 am

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In some mail from Dima Ruban, sie said:
> 
> Hey guys!
> 
> Why do we call /etc/rc.local by: (thats from /etc/rc)
> # Do traditional (but rather obsolete) rc.local file if it exists.
> [ -f /etc/rc.local ] && sh /etc/rc.local
>                        ^^^^
> and not ". /etc/rc.local"?

does rc (sh) handle errors the same way with "sh xx" and ". xx" ?




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