Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 15:36:51 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Marc Wandschneider <marcw@lanfear.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org, Rob Kaper <cap@capsi.cx> Subject: RE: rc.sysinit alike file in FreeBSD? Message-ID: <199912112036.PAA65987@server.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <001e01bf4416$a6f0c730$230a0cd0@SHURIKEN>
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On 11-Dec-99 Marc Wandschneider wrote:
>
> "rc.local is deprecated. Put a shell script in ${PREFIX}/etc/rc.d."
>
> Can you explain this line a bit more? What is ${PREFIX} ???
rc runs every file fitting the glob *.sh from a list of directories at the end
of the startup. By default, this list contains /usr/local/etc/rc.d and
/usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d. Ports (3rd party packages, such as yours) are typically
installed in either /usr/local or /usr/X11R6. Whenever a port is being built
under the ports system, the PREFIX make/environment variable is set to the
destination location (for example, /usr/local). This way, a user can override
where ports are installed if they want them all under /opt or something
similar. Basically, if you create a file mydaemon.sh which is a Bourne shell
(/bin/sh) script that starts up your daemon, then that small script can be
copied to /usr/local/etc/rc.d (default value of ${PREFIX}/etc/rc.d) and it will
be run on every switch from single-user to multi-user (including boot up).
> marc.
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
>> Subject: RE: rc.sysinit alike file in FreeBSD?
>>
>>
>> rc.local is deprecated. Put a shell script in
>> ${PREFIX}/etc/rc.d. These
>> scripts are run every time during single-user to multi-user.
>> Re: sysinit, you
>> can't use the boottime of the machine instead of the
>> timestamp? Failing that,
>> you could have a small utility that compared the timestamp
>> with the boottime,
>> and only update the timestamp if its older, then run that
>> utility in the script
>> in etc/rc.d/. (Or even put that functionality in the startup
>> of the daemon.)
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