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authordillon <dillon@FreeBSD.org>1998-12-12 23:08:34 +0000
committerdillon <dillon@FreeBSD.org>1998-12-12 23:08:34 +0000
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Clarify rc's handling of rc.local
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-rw-r--r--share/man/man8/rc.88
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man8/rc.8 b/share/man/man8/rc.8
index 88dfe6c..3054ab8 100644
--- a/share/man/man8/rc.8
+++ b/share/man/man8/rc.8
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" @(#)rc.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
-.\" $Id: rc.8,v 1.4 1998/02/26 02:44:17 jkh Exp $
+.\" $Id: rc.8,v 1.5 1998/10/06 19:24:31 phk Exp $
.\"
.Dd December 11, 1993
.Dt RC 8
@@ -56,7 +56,11 @@ is the command script which controls the automatic reboot
(calling the other scripts) and
.Nm rc.local
is the script holding commands which are pertinent only
-to a specific site.
+to a specific site. Typically, the /usr/local/etc/rc.d
+mechanism is used instead of rc.local these days but if
+you do want to use rc.local, /etc/rc still supports it.
+In this case, rc.local should source /etc/rc.conf and
+contain additional custom startup code for your system.
.Nm Rc.conf
contains the global system configuration information referenced
by the rc files, while
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