Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 20:36:34 -0500 From: "Donald J . Maddox" <dmaddox@sc.rr.com> To: Moses Backman III <penguinjedi@home.com> Cc: Drew Tomlinson <drewt@writeme.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How to Get Program to Start Automatically Upon Boot Message-ID: <20001217203634.A15545@cae88-102-101.sc.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <20001217202040.C674@cg22413-a.adubn1.nj.home.com>; from penguinjedi@home.com on Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 08:20:40PM %2B0000 References: <BA5D0CE1CBB2D411B6AA00A0CC3F02390AF774@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov> <20001217202040.C674@cg22413-a.adubn1.nj.home.com>
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On Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 08:20:40PM +0000, Moses Backman III wrote: > > On 2000.12.18 01:17:02 +0000 Drew Tomlinson wrote: > > I have added a program to my system and would like it to start > > automatically upon boot. I'm sure it's as simple as adding the program > > name to some startup script but I don't know where that would be. So > > what file do I need to modify? > > > > Thanks for your help! > > > > Drew > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > add to /etc/rc before the exit 0 line You should NOT edit /etc/rc. You can create an /etc/rc.local to run your program at boot, but there may be a better solution still, depending on exactly what you are trying to start. What are you trying to do, exactly? What program do you want to start? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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