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From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com>
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Subject: Re: load script at bootup
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Zbigniew Szalbot wrote:

>I also have a script that I want to start at boot time and I simply
>symlinked it to /usr/local/etc/rc.d/
>It starts fine but now I wonder if maybe this is not the proper way to
>start up scripts?
>
> =20
>
I don't think there's anything wrong with that solution, and I myself=20
prefer it.  (I symlink from a CVSed area).  rc.d is very flexible and=20
everything that happens at boot time is all in one (or two :-)) places.  =

And you can run something every time the machine is shut down as well as =

when it's rebooted.  Can't do that with cron :-)

=A30.02

--Alex