/usr/local/etc/rc.d/*.sh not working?

[Vivek Khera]

On Jun 14, 2005, at 11:10 AM, Kövesdán Gábor wrote:

> For scripts in /usr/local/etc/rc.d You should add an entry to /etc/ 
> rc.conf.
> For example, if You script is somedaemon.sh, then add  
> somedaemon_enable='YES' to /etc/rc.conf and it will run at the next  
> boot.
>

but his scripts don't use rc-ng, so this is pointless.

they should just work if they end in .sh and are executable.


> Cheers,
>
> Gábor Kövesdán
>
> Michael W. Lucas wrote:
>
>
>> I'm certain this is documented somewhere, but danged if I can find  
>> it.
>>
>> I have a whole variety of custom scripts in /usr/local/etc/rc.d.  For
>> years now, simply giving them a name ending in .sh and making them
>> executable has been sufficient to make them start on boot.
>>
>> On 5.x, it's not.  And now, having upgraded to 4.11-s on some older
>> boxes and running portupgrade -a, it's not.
>>
>> Obviously these scripts need something else.  There's no fancy rcNG
>> infrastructure in them; is rcNG a requirement for startup scripts  
>> now?
>> Any pointers on where I can find the right documentation?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> ==ml
>>
>>
>>
>
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