Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 14:11:14 -0700 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net> To: Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: rc.d Is not running anything on boot Message-ID: <20010816141114.I4232@blossom.cjclark.org> In-Reply-To: <E15XU5y-0004i4-00@dc.cis.okstate.edu>; from martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu on Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 03:50:26PM -0500 References: <E15XU5y-0004i4-00@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
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On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 03:50:26PM -0500, Martin McCormick wrote:
> Is there any documentation for FreeBSD that describes in
> detail how rc.d works?
man 8 rc
The rc.d directories contain scripts which will be automatically executed
at boot time. The specified directories are processed immediately after
rc.local is executed. (See below for details on how to specify directo-
ries to check.) The following key points apply to the scripts within
each directory:
o Scripts are only executed if their basename(1) matches the shell
globbing pattern *.sh, and they are executable. Any other files or
directories present within the directory are silently ignored.
o When a script is executed, it is passed the string ``start'' as its
first and only argument. All rc.d scripts expected to handle this
argument appropriately.
o The scripts within each directory are executed in lexicographical
order. If a specific order is required, numbers may be used as a
prefix to the existing filenames, so for example 100.foo would be
executed before 200.bar; without the numeric prefixes the opposite
would be true.
Pay special attention to the first one. Does your script end in '.sh'?
--
Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu
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