From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 3 20:02:50 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AB4C10656D9 for ; Fri, 3 Sep 2010 20:02:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhelfman@e-e.com) Received: from mail.experts-exchange.com (mail.experts-exchange.com [72.29.183.251]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3484E8FC12 for ; Fri, 3 Sep 2010 20:02:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.experts-exchange.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.experts-exchange.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9AD6F2F338; Fri, 3 Sep 2010 13:02:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=e-e.com; h= user-agent:in-reply-to:content-disposition:content-type :content-type:mime-version:references:message-id:subject:subject :from:from:date:date:received:received:received; s=ee; t= 1283544169; x=1285358569; bh=8miMSBVaFavCk6cGFqCmz8WYG9swNQL1F6o ItLmrXL0=; b=mVbR6QOjG1pwo6KunnGoBZvjrS7QCQ2FqscDKNjVPBj1FPiBy7P 9hUxpq3ezWVGoG8pVc6TJqLgrZp0OwGGgHUZaaX2+oYk64Lgf9xG4L+FjpEB/dVJ AOqt9dM9qzcocp98xBHy5avc4BMtm85XqlTncp92myHegVRDJNOFiO0M= X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at experts-exchange.com Received: from mail.experts-exchange.com ([127.0.0.1]) by mail.experts-exchange.com (mail.experts-exchange.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Ib39z2QFHrzD; Fri, 3 Sep 2010 13:02:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from eggman.experts-exchange.com (unknown [192.168.103.122]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jhelfman) by mail.experts-exchange.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 72EEFF2F2CF; Fri, 3 Sep 2010 13:02:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: by eggman.experts-exchange.com (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:00:09 -0700 Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 13:00:09 -0700 From: Jason To: Martin McCormick Message-ID: <20100903200009.GA94476@eggman.experts-exchange.com> References: <201009031951.o83Jom6b092378@dc.cis.okstate.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201009031951.o83Jom6b092378@dc.cis.okstate.edu> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 7.3-RELEASE-p1 X-Living-The-Dream: I love the SLO Life! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Need to run a Command Once on Boot. FreeBSD8.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:02:50 -0000 On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 02:50:48PM -0500, Martin McCormick thus spake: >Robert Bonomi writes: >> /etc/rc.local maybe? contrary to the 'rc.d' way of doing things, but >> 'simple'. :) > > Thanks so much to both people who answered. I thought >there was more to it than that but I may be thinking of the >rcx.d directories in Linux. If you don't watch out, you can be >scratching your head all day trying to figure out why the job >isn't getting done. I use and like both FreeBSD and Linux but >some things are easier in one than the other. > > Again, many thanks. man 5 crontab has: @reboot Run once, at startup > >Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK >Systems Engineer >OSU Information Technology Department Telecommunications Services Group