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author | flz <flz@FreeBSD.org> | 2006-06-07 10:20:57 +0000 |
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committer | flz <flz@FreeBSD.org> | 2006-06-07 10:20:57 +0000 |
commit | dc95de3e71c250c95b23b125fad3f9317636a259 (patch) | |
tree | 6fc153a8488c8da2c768fcd3275f4678ccded271 /share/man | |
parent | 5a9f20b064c183c0627c8138e9776fde6dafdc9c (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-dc95de3e71c250c95b23b125fad3f9317636a259.zip FreeBSD-src-dc95de3e71c250c95b23b125fad3f9317636a259.tar.gz |
Reflect latest changes in rc.subr wrt prefix/etcdir variables being set
automatically by load_rc_config.
With help from: ru (mdoc-fu)
Reviewed by: brueffer
Approved by: cperciva
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man')
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man8/rc.subr.8 | 48 |
1 files changed, 37 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man8/rc.subr.8 b/share/man/man8/rc.subr.8 index 7fbab14..e9a3d08 100644 --- a/share/man/man8/rc.subr.8 +++ b/share/man/man8/rc.subr.8 @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd April 4, 2006 +.Dd June 7, 2006 .Dt RC.SUBR 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ .It .Ic info Ar message .It -.Ic load_rc_config Ar command +.Ic load_rc_config Ar name .It -.Ic load_rc_config_var Ar command Ar var +.Ic load_rc_config_var Ar name Ar var .It .Ic mount_critical_filesystems Ar type .It @@ -312,28 +312,54 @@ turned on or off by the .Xr rc.conf 5 variable .Va rc_info . -.It Ic load_rc_config Ar command +.It Ic load_rc_config Ar name Source in the configuration files for -.Ar command . +.Ar name . First, +.Pa /etc/defaults/rc.conf +and .Pa /etc/rc.conf -is sourced if it has not yet been read in. +are sourced if they have not yet been read in. Then, -.Pa /etc/rc.conf.d/ Ns Ar command -is sourced if it is an existing file. -The latter may also contain other variable assignments to override +.Va etcdir +is set to +.Pa /etc +if +.Va command Ap s +prefix (or +.Va ${name} Ns Va _program Ap s +if it is defined) is +.Pa / +or +.Pa /usr , +otherwise +.Va etcdir +is set to +.Pa ${prefix} Ns Pa /etc . +Once those variables are set accordingly, +.Pa /etc/rc.conf.d/ Ns Va ${name} +is sourced if the file exists (but it is deprecated if +.Va etcdir +is different than +.Pa /etc ) +and then +.Pa ${etcdir} Ns Pa /defaults/ Ns Va ${name} +and +.Va ${etcdir} Ns Pa /rc.conf.d/ Ns Va ${name} +are sourced if these files exist. +All these files may also contain other variable assignments to override .Ic run_rc_command arguments defined by the calling script, to provide an easy mechanism for an administrator to override the behaviour of a given .Xr rc.d 8 script without requiring the editing of that script. -.It Ic load_rc_config_var Ar command Ar var +.It Ic load_rc_config_var Ar name Ar var Read the .Xr rc.conf 5 variable .Ar var for -.Ar command +.Ar name and set in the current shell, using .Ic load_rc_config in a sub-shell to prevent unwanted side effects from other variable |