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Date:      Mon, 18 Dec 2000 22:15:43 +1100
From:      Danny <dannyho@bigpond.net.au>
To:        Drew Tomlinson <drewt@writeme.com>, "FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: How to Get Program to Start Automatically Upon Boot
Message-ID:  <00121822170400.00339@freebsd.freebsd.org>
References:  <BA5D0CE1CBB2D411B6AA00A0CC3F02390AF774@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov>

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/usr/local/etc/rc.d/


Create a startup script liek so


vi sysprogs.sh
Tyep in  the following

#!/bin/sh
/usr/local/sysprogs/bin/startsomething

Exit From vi


Chmod 755 sysprogs.sh


On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Drew Tomlinson wrote:
> I have added a program to my system and would like it to start
> automatically upon boot.  I'm sure it's as simple as adding the program
> name to some startup script but I don't know where that would be.  So
> what file do I need to modify?
> 
> Thanks for your help!
> 
> Drew
> 
> 
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