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From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@kryten.Atinc.COM>
Subject: Re: ports startup scripts
To: Peter da Silva <peter@taronga.com>
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Yes, if we are going to a many-scripts each performing one task paradigm, 
PLEASE do not place the scripts in more than one directory.   
flip-flopping around from place to place to figure out the boot sequence 
on ssyv machines drives me crazy....


On Fri, 22 Sep 1995, Peter da Silva wrote:

> In article <199509221101.RAA24680@hq.icb.chel.su>,
> Serge A. Babkin <babkin@hq.icb.chel.su> wrote:
> >Or make 'start' and 'stop' scripts really different files without any links.
> 
> Please, no. Link 'em or symlink 'em. Digital Unix screwed up by putting them
> in /sbin, but they did this right:
> 
> 	/sbin/init.d	all scripts
> 	/sbin/rc*.d	symlinks to init.d/...
> 
> That gives you one place for finding all the service start/stop stuff (init.d),
> and you don't go editing rc3.d/S00frog and forget to update rc2.d/K85frog.
> 
> The init.d directory becomes the one stop shop like /etc/rc[.local], and the
> rc*.d becomes your toggles like the YES/NO stuff in /etc/sysconfig, and it
> becomes easier to productise ports and packages that need to start up daemons.
> 

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