Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 10:37:11 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Pietro Cerutti <gahr@gahr.ch> Cc: navneet Upadhyay <navneet.upadhyay@gmail.com>, User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: script to be executed on system startup. Message-ID: <20080206153711.GB18883@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <47A9C2A2.1070100@gahr.ch> References: <1563a4fd0802060609j59451879h3920be790d7667c0@mail.gmail.com> <47A9C2A2.1070100@gahr.ch>
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On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 03:22:26PM +0100, Pietro Cerutti wrote: > navneet Upadhyay wrote: > > Hi, > > Hello, > > > I have a script file, i want that script to be executed on system > > startup. > > > > I am doing this on Linux in following two steps : - > > > > 1. Copying the script to /etc/rc.d directory. > > 2. /sbin/chkconfig --add "scriptname" > > > > > > I want to achieve the same on FreeBSD > > > > chckconfig file is not present, documentation says i have to add it to > > rc.conf file. > > > > How can i add it to rc.conf file, is there any command? > > you just edit rc.conf and you add a line in the form > > <your_script_name>_enable="YES" > > Then you place the script <your_script_name> in /usr/local/etc/rc.d > > at the bottom of the rc(8) man page there are a few examples on how to > build such a script. One more thing that may seem obvious, but is easy to forget. The script must have execute permission set on the file. ////jerry > -- > Pietro Cerutti > > PGP Public Key: > http://gahr.ch/pgp
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