From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 4 15:55:29 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from harpo.dhis.net (pm3-02-24.eug.du.teleport.com [216.26.32.152]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E280114D36 for ; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 15:55:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dirkm@harpo.dhis.net) Received: (from dirkm@localhost) by harpo.dhis.net (8.9.3/8.9.2) id PAA25003; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 15:54:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dirkm) Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 15:54:36 -0800 From: Dirk Myers To: Oliver Fromme Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Script to run at bootup Message-ID: <20000104155436.B23082@teleport.com> References: <84ttrj$ab6$1@atlantis.rz.tu-clausthal.de> <200001042308.AAA35353@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <200001042308.AAA35353@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de>; from olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de on Wed, Jan 05, 2000 at 12:08:38AM +0100 X-System: FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Jan 05, 2000 at 12:08:38AM +0100, Oliver Fromme typed: > Morten Seeberg wrote in list.freebsd-questions: > > 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. Also, a bad line in rc.local can cause the script to bail out, and anything below the offending line won't run. With individual scripts, only the affected script will die, and the rest of the startup will be unaffected. Dirk dirkm@teleport.com -- Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. -- Groucho Marx To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message