Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 00:08:38 +0100 (CET) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Script to run at bootup Message-ID: <200001042308.AAA35353@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de> In-Reply-To: <84ttrj$ab6$1@atlantis.rz.tu-clausthal.de>
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Morten Seeberg wrote in list.freebsd-questions:
>> Yes. In fact, much earlier than that -- it has been
>> deprecated and obsolated in 2.x-stable days.
>> Use /usr/local/etc/rc.d instead.
>
> I never even knew this, will I risk loosing rc.local in the future???
Probably not, don't worry. It will probably stay with us for a
while, for compatibility reasons.
> It´s so easy to use, just add a line and thats it.
Placing a shell script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d isn't more diffi-
cult.
> I know Im lazy, but why
> should rc.d be better?
It's more flecible, easier to maintain, and local additions do
belong in /usr/local.
Regards
Oliver
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