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From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
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To: ADRIAN Filipi-Martin <adrian@ubergeeks.com>, Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>,
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Subject: Re: System V init (was: Linux to be deployed in Mexican schools; Where was FreeBSD?)
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:    ---- some rc.xxx file ----
:    #!/bin/sh
:    #DEPENDS(network,sendmail,...) RETURNS(atm)
:    #
:    ...
:    --------------------------

    Doh.  bad example.  Here's a better example:

    -------------- rc.network ---------------
    #!/bin/sh
    #DEPENDS(network.local,ifc,lo,routes,ipfw) RETURNS(network)
    #
    exit 0

    -------------- rc.bind ---------------
    #!/bin/sh
    #DEPENDS(network) RETURNS(bind)
    #
    ... named startup ...

    -------------- rc.sendmail ---------------
    #!/bin/sh
    #DEPENDS(bind,hostname) RETURNS(sendmail)
    #
    ... sendmail startup ...


    ... other rc files ...


    Plus a C program to locate and execute dependancies and/or to locate
    and print out the dependancy tree (to make sense of the nonsense).  Which
    /etc/rc runs.

						-Matt


    Matthew Dillon  Engineering, HiWay Technologies, Inc. & BEST Internet 
                    Communications & God knows what else.
    <dillon@backplane.com> (Please include original email in any response)    

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