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gffds fsdff wrote:

> Is there a way, when booting, to have an application launch?
>
> Ex:
> exec /usr/servers/bots/zDSBot3/zDSBot3 &
>
> Where would I add this line, if possible? If not, would it be possible 
> to be made in the next version?
>
> Thanks,
>
> - A Guy
>
Just get your bot into the FreeBSD core
system, and then init(8) will handle it.

Heh....

On a more serious note, and as a alternative,
cron(8) does have a "@reboot" target ....

Kevin Kinsey
DaleCo, S.P.