Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:18:09 +0100 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: script to be executed on system startup. Message-ID: <foelqi$5so$1@ger.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <47616.9193782427$1202324783@news.gmane.org> References: <1563a4fd0802060609j59451879h3920be790d7667c0@mail.gmail.com> <fochm5$gre$1@ger.gmane.org> <47616.9193782427$1202324783@news.gmane.org>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigB6C1C4142A3DACC5BD761E98 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RW wrote: > On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:55:12 +0100 > Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> wrote: >=20 >=20 >> I've seen some complicated examples on this thread, and want to >> suggest a simple one: >> >> 1. create a regular shell script in /etc/rc.d, n >> .. >> A more semantically pure example (and the one that's preferred if your= >> script starts an external application - a web server or something like= >> that) is to put the script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d. In any case, the >> syntax and everything else is the same. >=20 > This is a bit muddled. >=20 > /etc/rc.d is for system RCNG scripts. >=20 > /usr/local/etc/rc.d is for local RCNG scripts and legacy scripts You are right - I was trying to simplify it too much. > that simply respond to stop/start in $1. Legacy scripts end in .sh and > are called from /etc/rc.d/localpkg in dictionary order. >=20 > Since the OP appears to have such a script it should be given a ".sh" > extension and placed in /usr/local/etc/rc.d, not in /etc/rc.d.=20 Thanks for the clarification! --------------enigB6C1C4142A3DACC5BD761E98 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHqtrhldnAQVacBcgRAo0aAJ4p6lLu1s0SKlFOfU96ktE+5TZdgwCeOjVw 6OPlP7Iv/FXP95g/K7S1uTI= =XhE/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigB6C1C4142A3DACC5BD761E98--
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