Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 16:37:07 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@hotjobs.com> To: Nik Clayton <nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /etc/rc.d, and changes to /etc/rc? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811171633530.2757-100000@bright.fx.genx.net> In-Reply-To: <19981117210138.03327@nothing-going-on.org>
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On Tue, 17 Nov 1998, Nik Clayton wrote: > On Sun, Nov 15, 1998 at 11:59:38PM +0000, Nik Clayton wrote: > [ Creating /etc/rc.d, populating with scripts to start/stop system > daemons, tweaking /etc/rc* to use these scripts instead ] > > > What are people's thoughts on doing the same thing to the base system? > > Well, the silence has been deafening. I've had three positive comments > by private mail, no negative comments by private mail, and nothing on > the list at all. Not even a "Take one step down that road and we > *will* kill your firstborn". Is everyone asleep? > > If there are no more comments by Thursday I'll take it as tacit agreement, > and go ahead. I'll do sendmail first. > >From what i've seen 90% of these scripts wind up being broken replacements for 'killall', that would stink. If they become something like: kill `cat /...../prog.pid` that would be interesting and potentially useful. although killall <prog> is usually easier to type than /etc/init.d/<prog> kill -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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