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Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 23:34:11 +0200
From: Valentin Nechayev <netch@lucky.net>
To: Jim Pazarena <fquest@ccstores.com>
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Subject: Re: boot up notification
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 Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 13:04:59, fquest wrote about "boot up notification": 

> I would like one of my servers to send me an email when
> it boots. I envision a script in rc.conf to do this.
This is too bad, as rc.conf is called tens times during boot.

> Is there an easier way, or an automatic system which can do this?

Add to /etc/rc.local, /usr/local/etc/rc.d or '@reboot' crontab line.


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