Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 19:17:34 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Chris Doherty <chris-freebsd@randomcamel.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Modifying /etc/rc? Message-ID: <20030130171734.GA1884@gothmog.gr> In-Reply-To: <20030130164007.GA29699@zot.electricrain.com> References: <5.2.0.9.0.20030130143905.00a0aaa0@127.0.0.1> <20030130164007.GA29699@zot.electricrain.com>
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On 2003-01-30 08:40, Chris Doherty <chris-freebsd@randomcamel.net> wrote: > unless I'm wrong, /etc/rc.local exists specifically so you don't > have to modify /etc/rc. /etc/rc refers to rc.local as "traditional > (but rather obsolete)", but nowhere in my FreeBSD travels over the > past four years have I found any suggestion of what else you're > supposed to use. The /etc/rc.local script was where local daemon startup was put. With most of the ports installed stuff, there is a foo.sh script that accepts `start' and `stop' arguments that one can put in the /usr/local/etc/rc.d directory. This tends to be the preferred way of doing things for pre RCng versions. The 5.X version of FreeBSD uses the new rc scripts (RCng) that live in /etc/rc.d and now there is the new /etc/rc.d/local scripts that fits nicely with the rest of the stuff under /etc/rc.d. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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