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Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 21:54:15 -0400
From: Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@crodrigues.org>
To: Robert Downes <nullentropy@lineone.net>
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Subject: Re: Where to put my own startup script (/etc/rc.local ?)
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On Tue, May 25, 2004 at 04:54:06PM +0100, Robert Downes wrote:
> Craig Rodrigues wrote:
> 
> >(1) Create the following directory:
> >    /usr/local/etc/rc.d/
> >
> >(2)  Put the scripts in that directory, make sure that the names
> >    of the scripts end with .sh
> >
> > 
> >
> 
> Do the scripts also have to receive 'start' or 'stop' as a parameter?


No they don't.
A few other things:

- Read the rc.conf man page, and look at the local_startup variable
- Look at /etc/defaults/rc.conf for the local_startup variable

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Craig Rodrigues        
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