From owner-freebsd-current Thu Jul 6 12:34:41 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from blount.mail.mindspring.net (blount.mail.mindspring.net [207.69.200.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F2A237B965 for ; Thu, 6 Jul 2000 12:34:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tomdean@ix.netcom.com) Received: from ix.netcom.com (sil-wa17-31.ix.netcom.com [207.93.156.31]) by blount.mail.mindspring.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA05965 for ; Thu, 6 Jul 2000 15:34:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from tomdean@localhost) by ix.netcom.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id MAA12852; Thu, 6 Jul 2000 12:34:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tomdean@ix.netcom.com) Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 12:34:20 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200007061934.MAA12852@ix.netcom.com> X-Authentication-Warning: celebris.tddhome: tomdean set sender to tomdean@ix.netcom.com using -f From: "Thomas D. Dean" To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: <3964DB9F.2D9E86D3@cup.hp.com> (message from Marcel Moolenaar on Thu, 06 Jul 2000 12:18:55 -0700) Subject: Re: HEADS UP: /etc/rc.shutdown calls local scripts now References: <20000706185810.8EECB7D33@yellow.rahul.net> <3964DB9F.2D9E86D3@cup.hp.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG We have gone to some pains in the past to make the rc.d scripts silent. Either work or fail silently. if [ -x ... ]; do ... done Now, with the addition of the start/stop, there is a message output if the argument is not 'start' or 'stop'. The default should be 'start'. These scripts are frequently used to restart or redo things. And, continue to exit silently in all cases. tomdean To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message