Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 12:44:35 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.net> Cc: Robert Withrow <witr@rwwa.com>, Dru Nelson <dnelson@redwoodsoft.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: more modular rc/init/uninit system... Message-ID: <36B52323.FE27286D@newsguy.com> References: <Pine.NEB.4.02.9901311835420.15631-100000@epistolic.cynic.net>
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Curt Sampson wrote: > > One interesting thing you can do with this is dump your own script, > `foo', into the directory which says `x, y and z are all dependent > on me.' Then you can start or stop foo, and that would take care > of starting and stopping x, y and z. This will let you emulate SysV > run levels, but also provide a lot more flexability. Yeah, and having to change my ppp dial on demand script everytime I add something that depends on it. Scripts shouldn't have to be changed. That's the main benefit of FreeBSD's rc.conf. -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com She just looked at him over the rotating pencil like, how slow can a mammal be and still have respiratory functions? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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