Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 18:34:40 +0200 From: "[LoN]Kamikaze" <LoN_Kamikaze@gmx.de> To: Pete French <petefrench@ticketswitch.com>, webmaster@hirsch.it Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question about current rc scripts Message-ID: <449823A0.2020602@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <E1Fsj3P-0007mN-BE@dilbert.firstcallgroup.co.uk> References: <E1Fsj3P-0007mN-BE@dilbert.firstcallgroup.co.uk>
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Pete French wrote: >> What is the correct way for 6-STABLE to achieve what I want to do? >> (i.e. write the rc.conf from a rc script) > > I thought rc.conf was simply a script that set some variables. If > this is the case then you don't need to overwrite it - you simply need to > make your script set the appropriate variables and then drop it in as > a repplacement for rc.conf - hence no need to rewrite rc.conf at all. > > -pcf. If your scripts name ends with .sh it will be sourced into the process and all variables set there will prevail (this feature only works in /etc/rc.d). If you do this you must not use the exit command anywhere in your script.
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