Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:21:25 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> Cc: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Bill Banks <office@ourweb.net> Subject: Re: starting a program at boot time Message-ID: <20080311142125.1dc6b386.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20080311181017.GJ665@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <47CEDD64.4090100@ourweb.net> <20080305192330.S8517@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20080311181017.GJ665@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
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In response to Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>: > On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 07:24:07PM +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > > >how do i start a program at boot time? > > > > simplest to add to rc.local > > > > or as a user - add > > > > @reboot command > > in crontab > > Not really. > > The more proper way is to add a startup script in /usr/local/rc.d/ Just for the sanity of the OP: that directory is /usr/local/etc/rc.d -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com
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