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Date:      Fri, 11 Jul 1997 21:16:21 +0200
From:      j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
To:        freebsd-hackers@freefall.FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: /etc/init.d/
Message-ID:  <19970711211621.IU40866@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <199707111141.RAA27645@hq.icb.chel.su>; from Serge A. Babkin on Jul 11, 1997 17:41:22 %2B0600
References:  <199707111023.KAA07742@peedub.gj.org> <199707111141.RAA27645@hq.icb.chel.su>

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As Serge A. Babkin wrote:

> > >>   how about implementing /etc/init.d/ .. /etc/rc0.d etc Solaris-like
> > >> scheme in FreeBSD? I think it will be useful. And I am ready to do it.
> 
> I think the scheme used in HP-UX 10 is better. It collects
> the scripts in /sbin/init.d, /sbin/rcX.d while their configuration
> files with tunable parameters are located in /etc/init.d.

All SysV-derivatives do it this way, including but not limited to
Slowaris.  SVR3s didn't have symlinks, they probably did it with hard
links then (and everything has been under /etc, of course).

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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