Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 20:57:15 -0500 From: "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> To: "Otter" <otterr@telocity.com>, "Randy Katz" <randyk@ccsales.com>, "Drew Tomlinson" <drewt@writeme.com>, "FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How to Get Program to Start Automatically Upon Boot Message-ID: <002901c06895$d92859d0$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> References: <HLEDJBJKDDPDJBMGCLPPEEKPCMAA.otterr@telocity.com>
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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" <otterr@telocity.com> To: "Randy Katz" <randyk@ccsales.com>; "Drew Tomlinson" <drewt@writeme.com>; "FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> 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
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