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Date:      Sat, 15 Feb 1997 19:46:22 -0800 (PST)
From:      Simon Shapiro <Shimon@i-Connect.Net>
To:        Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org, (Jake Hamby) <jehamby@lightside.com>
Subject:   Re: Sun Workshop compiler vs. GCC?
Message-ID:  <XFMail.970215200110.Shimon@i-Connect.Net>
In-Reply-To: <199702160006.QAA26620@freefall.freebsd.org>

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Hi Darren Reed;  On 16-Feb-97 you wrote: 

...

> Another take on starting up is HP-UX 10.  Being SVR4, it has run levels
> and start/stop scripts.  HP have added "startmsg" and "stopmsg" to all
> their scripts, so that when you boot, it prints a menu type listing and
> displays "OK", "BUSY", "N/A", "FAIL" in the little check box for each
> rc script.  With about 16 per screen, it clears the screen when it gets to
> the bottom and presents a new menu.  It _looks_ very professional and is
> very informative (stderr/stdout for all rc scripts goes to a file).

Now, this is a GOOD idea.

Simon



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