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From: Bill/Carolyn Pechter <pechter@shell.monmouth.com>
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Subject: Re: ports startup scripts
To: gryphon@healer.com (Coranth Gryphon)
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1995 00:06:04 -0400 (EDT)
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> For example "rc.3" is a file for run-level (or run-state) 3
> that describes what gets run and what doesn't. Which means all we've
> done is make more copies of "rc.local". Nevermind.
> 
> We've gone full spiral. Let's start over.

rc.3 on most SysV machines is just a script that goes through 
rc3.d starting and stopping stuff via the S* and K* scripts.

Bill
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