Date: Mon, 05 May 1997 14:16:56 -0700 From: Jeff Newton <jeff@datapark.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Daniel Zborovski <daniel@moonlighting.net> Subject: Re: running a program on startup Message-ID: <336E4E48.BEC@datapark.com> References: <Pine.UW2.3.95.970505132332.5249G-100000@cedb>
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Dan Busarow wrote: > > On Mon, 5 May 1997, Daniel Zborovski wrote: > > Is there a way to run a program on startup. As it is now everytime I > > want to start my apache server I need to type: > > > > /usr/local/apache_1.1.1/src/httpd -f > > /usr/local/apache_1.1.1/conf/http.conf > > For 2.1.5R and up, create the directory > > /usr/local/etc/rc.d > > When the system boots it looks for files with a .sh extension > in this directory and executes them. So you want to create > a file named /usr/local/etc/rc.d/apache.sh containing > > #!/bin/sh > /usr/local/apache_1.1.1/src/httpd -f /usr/local/apache_1.1.1/conf/http.conf > > Chmod +x it and you are all set. > Or simply add /usr/local/apache_1.1.1/src/httpd -f to /etc/rc.local Creating a /usr/local/etc/rc.d directory and seperate scripts is perhaps a little cleaner (sys V style) but I find /etc/rc.local just as managable. Cheers, -- Jeff Newton Network Administrator Tantalus Communications Datapark Advanced Communications (604) 664-7454 ----------------- "It's the world, not a call I can screen out"- Headstones
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