FreeBSD 5 rc.d scripts and /usr/local/etc/rc.d
Tim Aslat
tim at spyderweb.com.au
Wed May 12 16:06:42 PDT 2004
In the immortal words of "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC"
<chad at shire.net>...
> "The best way to handle rc.local, however, is to separate it
> out into rc.d/ style scripts and place them under
> /usr/local/etc/rc.d/."
That's right
> So I created an rc.d style script for my own service and stuck it in
> /usr/local/etc/rc.d/. It does not have a .sh on the end as it should
> run in a subshell as detailed in the rc man page. I also added
There's your problem, all scripts in rc.d must have a .sh extension or
they will be ignored (unless included from another script/program)
rename to myscript.sh and it will work
Cheers
Tim
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Tim Aslat <tim at spyderweb.com.au>
Spyderweb Consulting
http://www.spyderweb.com.au
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