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Date:      Sat, 12 Jul 1997 09:46:29 +0600 (ESD)
From:      "Serge A. Babkin" <babkin@hq.icb.chel.su>
To:        joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freefall.FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: /etc/init.d/
Message-ID:  <199707120346.JAA17572@hq.icb.chel.su>
In-Reply-To: <19970711211621.IU40866@uriah.heep.sax.de> from "J Wunsch" at Jul 11, 97 09:16:21 pm

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> 
> As Serge A. Babkin wrote:
> 
> > > >>   how about implementing /etc/init.d/ .. /etc/rc0.d etc Solaris-like
> > > >> scheme in FreeBSD? I think it will be useful. And I am ready to do it.
> > 
> > I think the scheme used in HP-UX 10 is better. It collects
> > the scripts in /sbin/init.d, /sbin/rcX.d while their configuration
> > files with tunable parameters are located in /etc/init.d.
> 
> All SysV-derivatives do it this way, including but not limited to
> Slowaris.  SVR3s didn't have symlinks, they probably did it with hard
> links then (and everything has been under /etc, of course).

Nope. SysV just has the files in /etc/init.d and /etc/rcX.d. These files
contain BOTH scripts and parameters. Yes, some of them use
configuration files from /etc/default but it is not a common
case and the connection between them is not obvious.

-SB



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