Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 23:37:29 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> Cc: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, current@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: cp MAKEDEV /dev - on a system with devfs Message-ID: <200103132337.f2DNbTa08184@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> of "Tue, 13 Mar 2001 22:38:22 GMT." <20010313223822.O96832@hand.dotat.at>
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> Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> wrote: > > > >I thought only sysv kept non-startup executables in /etc. > > There's one real oddity in FreeBSD: > > fanf@hand.dotat.at:/etc > :; ll rmt > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 13 Jan 28 13:42 rmt -> /usr/sbin/rmt* I think that's there for compatibility... programs that want to talk to remote tapes execute ``rsh /etc/rmt ...'' (or is ssh the default these days?). > Plus the rc scripts, dhclient-exit-hooks, pccard_ether, and netstart. I guess you could argue that these are more like executable system configuration files, along with others like /etc/start_if.iface. > Tony. > -- > f.a.n.finch fanf@covalent.net dot@dotat.at > "I never wanted to be a weather forecaster -- I wanted to be... a lumberjack! > Leaping from tree to tree as they float down the mighty rivers of British > Columbia! The giant redwood! The larch! The The mighty scots pine! ..." -- Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org> <brian@[uk.]FreeBSD.org> <http://www.Awfulhak.org> <brian@[uk.]OpenBSD.org> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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