Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 16:03:28 +1000 From: Danny <dannyh@idx.com.au> To: "[ -dp- ]" <transmogrify@sympatico.ca>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Where do those startup scripts go? Message-ID: <00040216050502.00513@freebsd.freebsd.org> References: <38E4D250.4DFC76D4@sympatico.ca>
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Hello, You don't have to touch the /etc/rc.conf file to make up a start up script on FreeBSD you need to cd /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ pico somesystemprogram.sh Type in #!/bin/sh /someprogram/somesystemprogram Then save the file Then chmod 755 somesystemprogram.sh On Sat, 01 Apr 2000, [ -dp- ] wrote: > good morning: > > It has been said to _never_ place startup scripts in rc.conf, rc.local, > etc, due to the fact > that they are regularly parsed by other programs. Sounds fine, however > isn't /usr/local/etc/rc.d referenced to > via rc.conf? And this being the case, we would assume that it will be > parsed every time rc.conf is called? If rc.conf is called again during > runtime, I am sure that it is called to with a variable so that the > entire file is not parsed ? Please correct me if I am wrong, this came > to me in a dream. I myslef have always referenced them from rc.conf > since day one, and my machine has yet to blow up. > > -- > [ - deadpoint - ] > ============================================================================ > Don't underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups. > > Email: dp@penix.org > BIO: http://bling.dyn.dhs.org > GPG Key fingerprint: 2D7C A7E2 DB1F EA5F 8C6F D5EC 3D39 F274 4AA3 > E8B9 > Public Key available here: http://bling.dyn.dhs.org/dp.asc > ============================================================================ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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