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[76.182.104.150]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id w61sm93139333yhi.5.2012.06.20.05.02.50 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 20 Jun 2012 05:02:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jerry@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3WHPn545Vtz2CG4F for ; Wed, 20 Jun 2012 08:02:49 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 08:02:48 -0400 From: Jerry To: FreeBSD Message-ID: <20120620080248.7f3cb6c9@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <20120620124729.7f50b781@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <4FE18D93.4060809@FreeBSD.org> <20120620124729.7f50b781@gumby.homeunix.com> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.3) Face: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlHT/a0k36F3uLEppa3TDxap6AvwEOeWSd+1bgQevtbOMQQNfuN2arqYnK3bSTlr7w4xFjZ Subject: Re: seems i cannot fully understand {/,/usr/local/}/etc/rc.d/* X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 12:02:53 -0000 On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 12:47:29 +0100 RW articulated: > On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 09:45:07 +0100 > Matthew Seaman wrote: >=20 > > #!/bin/sh > > # > > # Persuade vboxheadless to start before samba. > >=20 > > # PROVIDE: precedence > > # REQUIRE: vboxheadless > > # BEFORE: samba > >=20 > > : > >=20 > > Make it executable. Note -- the ':' does seem to be necessary. >=20 > Why? None of the dummy scripts in the base system have a ":". =46rom "man rc" EXAMPLES The following is a minimal rc.d/ style script. Most scripts require l= it- tle more than the following. #!/bin/sh # # PROVIDE: foo # REQUIRE: bar_service_required_to_precede_foo . /etc/rc.subr name=3D"foo" rcvar=3D`set_rcvar` command=3D"/usr/local/bin/foo" load_rc_config $name run_rc_command "$1" You will notice the prominent use of ":". If you feel that is in error, please feel free to submit a PR against it. --=20 Jerry =E2=99=94 Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________