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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Profile scripts versus rc scripts.... Post 302237247 by broli on Wednesday 17th of September 2008 09:31:37 AM
Old 09-17-2008
they have nothing in common!!!!
profile and login files are shell config files
they change the way the shell works, for one user (if its in home) or for all the users (if the config files are in /etc/)

the rc scripts are part of the system v boot system, and they are the ones that make your computer go broooom!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNIX_System_V
and the profile depends on what shell you use. google "bash profile" or "ksh profile" accordingly
 

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UPDATE-METAINIT(1)					User Contributed Perl Documentation					UPDATE-METAINIT(1)

NAME
update-metainit - Generates init scripts SYNOPSIS
update-metainit [--remove initname [--purge] ] DESCRIPTION
Metainit solves the problem of writing good init scripts. Instead of manually creating these important files, they are derived from a declaritive description in the metainit files in /etc/metainit. These files can be shipped with packages or created by the local adminis- trator. If update-metainit called without argument, it will regenerate init scripts for all the files in /etc/metainit. The generated files contain a large warning in form of a comment that they will be overridden. Modifications are preferably done in the files in /etc/metainit and made effective by running update-metainit. If needed, the administrator can prevent modified init files by removing the warning comment. OPTIONS
--remove initname This command will remove any generated and non-modified scripts that were created by the metainit file with the name initname. --purge Only usable with --remove. Will remove the generated files even if modified. SEE ALSO
dh_metainit(1) AUTHOR
Joachim Breitner <nomeata@debian.org> perl v5.8.8 2007-07-30 UPDATE-METAINIT(1)
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