Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:13:04 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>, 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: <20080311191304.GD1531@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20080311142125.1dc6b386.wmoran@potentialtech.com> References: <47CEDD64.4090100@ourweb.net> <20080305192330.S8517@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20080311181017.GJ665@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <20080311142125.1dc6b386.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 02:21:25PM -0400, Bill Moran wrote:
> 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
Oops. Sorry, you are right. I apparently dozed off while typing it.
It is: /usr/local/etc/rc.d
////jerry
>
> --
> Bill Moran
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