Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 15:54:36 -0800 From: Dirk Myers <dirkm@teleport.com> To: Oliver Fromme <olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Script to run at bootup Message-ID: <20000104155436.B23082@teleport.com> In-Reply-To: <200001042308.AAA35353@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de>; from olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de on Wed, Jan 05, 2000 at 12:08:38AM %2B0100 References: <84ttrj$ab6$1@atlantis.rz.tu-clausthal.de> <200001042308.AAA35353@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de>
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On Wed, Jan 05, 2000 at 12:08:38AM +0100, Oliver Fromme typed:
> Morten Seeberg wrote in list.freebsd-questions:
> > It's so easy to use, just add a line and thats it.
>
> Placing a shell script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d isn't more diffi-
> cult.
>
> > I know Im lazy, but why
> > should rc.d be better?
>
> It's more flecible, easier to maintain, and local additions do
> belong in /usr/local.
Also, a bad line in rc.local can cause the script to bail out, and
anything below the offending line won't run.
With individual scripts, only the affected script will die, and
the rest of the startup will be unaffected.
Dirk dirkm@teleport.com
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