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Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man8/rc.8')
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man8/rc.8 b/share/man/man8/rc.8 index 4f1f1ce..7d3cfe5 100644 --- a/share/man/man8/rc.8 +++ b/share/man/man8/rc.8 @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ .\" @(#)rc.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd December 19, 2005 +.Dd May 18, 2007 .Dt RC 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -249,16 +249,11 @@ Extreme care must be taken in using this, as the startup sequence will terminate if the script does. .It Pa bar Scripts that are sourced in a subshell. -These can stop the boot if necessary with the following shell -commands: -.Bd -literal -offset indent -if [ "$autoboot" = yes ]; then - kill -TERM $$ -fi -exit 1 -.Ed -.Pp -Note that this should be used extremely sparingly! +The boot does not stop if such a script terminates with a non-zero status, +but a script can stop the boot if necessary by invoking the +.Fn stop_boot +function (from +.Xr rc.subr 8 ). .El .Pp Each script should contain |
