explicit use of /etc/rc.d vs service

Simon L. B. Nielsen simon at qxnitro.org
Wed Jan 23 21:37:18 UTC 2013


On 23 Jan 2013 15:54, "Eitan Adler" <lists at eitanadler.com> wrote:
>
> Would anyone object to a patch which converts uses of
> "/etc/rc.d/daemon start" to "service daemon start" and the like?
> I would like to see service(1) become the standard interface to using
services.

Sounds like a very good idea. I don't know how many times I have had
problems with bad paths leaking into cron etc meaning it fails on reboot
since something depended on the trained environment. (Service solves that.)

Simon


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