From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 17 17:55: 9 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 17 17:55:06 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from xena.gsicomp.on.ca (cr677933-a.ktchnr1.on.wave.home.com [24.43.230.149]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CED037B400 for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2000 17:55:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from hermes (hermes.gsicomp.on.ca [192.168.0.18]) by xena.gsicomp.on.ca (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id UAA93528; Sun, 17 Dec 2000 20:54:50 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from matt@gsicomp.on.ca) Message-ID: <002901c06895$d92859d0$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> From: "Matthew Emmerton" To: "Otter" , "Randy Katz" , "Drew Tomlinson" , "FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)" References: Subject: Re: How to Get Program to Start Automatically Upon Boot Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 20:57:15 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Furthermore, I believe someone (authoritative) mentioned a while ago on the list that /etc/rc.local has been deprecated in favour of /usr/local/etc/rc.d since the early days of 3.x, perhaps before. -- Matt Emmerton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Otter" To: "Randy Katz" ; "Drew Tomlinson" ; "FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)" Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2000 8:36 PM Subject: RE: How to Get Program to Start Automatically Upon Boot > Some of us don't have /etc/rc.local floating around on our drives. You > can make scripts that start up as an .sh script in > /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ > -Otter > > > }-----Original Message----- > }From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > }[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Randy Katz > }Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2000 8:22 PM > }To: Drew Tomlinson; FreeBSD Questions (E-mail) > }Subject: Re: How to Get Program to Start Automatically Upon Boot > } > } > }hi, /etc/rc.local > } > } > } > }At 05:17 PM 12/17/2000 -0800, 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 > } > } > } > }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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message