rc(8) System Manager's Manual rc(8)
Name
rc, rc.local - command script for auto-reboot and daemons
Syntax
/etc/rc
/etc/rc.local
Description
The command script controls the automatic reboot and is the script holding commands which are pertinent only to a specific site.
When an automatic reboot is in progress, is invoked with the argument and runs a with option to ``preen'' all the disks of minor inconsis-
tencies resulting from the last system shutdown and to check for serious inconsistencies caused by hardware or software failure. If this
auto-check and repair succeeds, then the second part of is run.
The second part of which is run after an auto-reboot succeeds and also if is invoked when a single user shell terminates, starts all the
daemons on the system, preserves editor files and clears the scratch directory For further information, see The command is executed immedi-
ately before any other commands after a successful Normally, the first commands placed in the file define the machine's name, using and
save any possible core image that might have been generated as a result of a system crash, The latter command is included in the file
because the directory in which core dumps are saved is usually site specific.
See Also
init(8), reboot(8), savecore(8)
rc(8)
