Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 18:45:38 +0200 From: Johann Visagie <wjv@cityip.co.za> To: "Ian O'Friel" <Genius@glasgow.crosswinds.net>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Autoexec.bat equiv. Message-ID: <19980622184538.A14863@cityip.co.za> In-Reply-To: <003101bd9df4$1de88280$17e107c3@metallica>; from Ian O'Friel on Mon, Jun 22, 1998 at 04:28:01PM %2B0100 References: <003101bd9df4$1de88280$17e107c3@metallica>
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On Mon, 22 Jun 1998 at 16:28 SAT, Ian O'Friel wrote: > > Is there an equivelant to the AUTOEXEC.BAT under FreeBSD as I would like to > start various things automatically upon starting. Once the kernel has initialised things, it kicks off userland processes by executing /sbin/init. See init(8) for more details. As on most BSD-like systems, init then executes the startup script /etc/rc. >From a user's point of view, this is all that is fairly basic and "hardwired" about the bootup configuration. If you look through FreeBSD's /etc/rc, you'll see that it parses a number of other scripts. In particular, FreeBSD offers you: - /etc/rc.conf, in which you can make configuration changes - /etc/rc.local, in which you can place any local startup commands that you wish to incorporate. Also note the "local_startup" parameter in rc.conf. This specifies a list of directories. Any scripts in these directories will be executed upon startup. This is useful for starting individual daemons. And if you think this is complicated, wait till you see how SysV does it. ;-) -- V Johann Visagie | Email: wjv@CityIP.co.za | Tel: +27 21 419-7878 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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