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Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 22:03:40 -0400
To: Brandon Gillespie <brandon@cold.org>, Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
From: The Classiest Man Alive <ksmm@cybercom.net>
Subject: Re: /etc/netstart bogons..
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At 03:23 PM 4/27/97 -0600, Brandon Gillespie wrote:
>> > I think it is more a case of functionality, rather than personal
>> > preference.  With the rc.d/init.d approach you have more modularity,
>> > and the ability to start/stop random packages in a consistent way.
>> > There is also a single standard place that a vendor can throw a
>> > startup script in--this is a good thing.
>> 
>I definitely agree, I abhore the rc?.d stuff--I can never remember what is
>what (especially since it has some variance depending upon the O/S).  What

What is it that ties us to those arcane eight-dot-three names anyway? Why
can't we just have a master rc script that launches others, like network.d
or filesystems.d? Sure would beat hunting through rc* files to change the
startup options on your daemons.

K.S.