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From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl>
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Subject: Re: /usr/local/etc/rc.d startup scripts
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On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 10:58:22AM -0800, Don O'Neil wrote:
> Are there any special naming requirements for scripts in /usr/local/etc/r=
c.d
> for 6.1?
>=20
> Someone is telling me they need to have a .sh suffix to startup correctly,
> but in past versions of FreeBSD anything you put in there would run as lo=
ng
> as it was executable.

You can do both, see rc(8). If you use the .sh extension, the script
will be executed by the current shell, while those without will be run
in a subshell (which is probably what you want).

Roland
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