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Date:      Tue, 12 Jun 2001 17:11:37 -0400
From:      Jon Parise <jon@csh.rit.edu>
To:        Dave Hayes <dave@jetcafe.org>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: import NetBSD rc system
Message-ID:  <20010612171137.H16850@csh.rit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <200106121911.MAA00887@hokkshideh.jetcafe.org>; from dave@jetcafe.org on Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 12:11:24PM -0700
References:  <200106121911.MAA00887@hokkshideh.jetcafe.org>

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On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 12:11:24PM -0700, Dave Hayes wrote:

> > It isn't SysV RC style.  It is BSD style taken to its logical next
> > step.  All the knobs for this are still in a central location, so you
> > don't have to make sure you get the hardlinks right.
> 
> Correct me if I am wrong (as I am quite sure you will). The NetBSD
> style is shell code to start or stop daemons, sprinkled in lots of
> little files, which have to exist in at least one (if not several)
> directories. 
> 
> How is this all in a central location? 
 
The scripts only exist in one location: /etc/rc.d

There are no links involved with this system (unless of course
you feel like putting them there yourself, but that's a separate
matter).

-- 
Jon Parise (jon@csh.rit.edu)  .  Rochester Inst. of Technology
http://www.csh.rit.edu/~jon/  :  Computer Science House Member

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