Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 13:00:09 -0700 From: Jason <jhelfman@e-e.com> To: Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Need to run a Command Once on Boot. FreeBSD8.1 Message-ID: <20100903200009.GA94476@eggman.experts-exchange.com> In-Reply-To: <201009031951.o83Jom6b092378@dc.cis.okstate.edu> References: <201009031951.o83Jom6b092378@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
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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
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