Startup Scripts

[Bill Moran]

Scott Gerhardt <scott at g-it.ca> wrote:
> I am noticing that startup scripts in /usr/local/etc/rc.d are now being 
> initiated from /etc/rc.conf with the enable="YES" invocation. See 
> example from /usr/loccal/etc/rc.d/clamav-clamd.sh below, which I just 
> installed from ports.
> 
> Besides using the kill/killall methods, what is the preferred STOP | 
> RESTART etc methods now?  What is the purpose of "KEYWORD: FreeBSD 
> shutdown"

Documentation is still spotty, as this is a new feature, but this does
exist:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/configtuning-rcng.html

> 
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> # $FreeBSD: ports/security/clamav/files/clamav-clamd.sh,v 1.3 
> 2004/04/19 15:21:33 eik Exp $
> #
> 
> # PROVIDE: clamd
> # REQUIRE: LOGIN
> # BEFORE: mail
> # KEYWORD: FreeBSD shutdown
> 
> #
> # Add the following lines to /etc/rc.conf to enable clamd:
> #
> #clamav_clamd_enable="YES"
> #
> # See clamd(8) for flags
> #
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> --
> Scott A. Gerhardt, P.Geo.
> Gerhardt Information Technologies
> 
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Bill Moran
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