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 -- Oliver Fromme, Leibnizstr. 18/61, 38678 Clausthal, Germany (Info: finger userinfo:olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de) "In jedem Stück Kohle wartet ein Diamant auf seine Geburt" (Terry Pratchett) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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