rc script fails to start on boot

[Warren Block]

On Fri, 16 Jul 2004, Paul Schmehl wrote:

> I've written a very simple rc script, using the new format, to control a 
> process.  The script works fine from the commandline. 
> (start|stop|restart|rcvar|status|etc all work fine.)  But the script fails to 
> start up the process on reboot.
>
> Here's the script, without any of the comments:
>
> bash-2.05b# grep -v "#" /usr/local/etc/rc.d/extractor.sh
>
> #!/bin/sh
> # $Id$
>
> # PROVIDE: extractor
> # BEFORE:  LOGIN
> # KEYWORD: FreeBSD
>
> . /usr/local/etc/rc.subr
>
> name="extractor"
> rcvar=`set_rcvar`
>
> command="/usr/local/bin/${name}"
>
> load_rc_config $name
> run_rc_command "$1"

Have you added extractor_enable="YES" to /etc/rc.conf?  The newer rcng 
stuff you're using will need that.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA