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Old 04-11-2008
how to write RC scripts!!! pls assist
Hi all,
I would like to know how to write an rc script?
Am planning on doing some memory management during the boot itself, so planning on implementing it through the rc scripts....
I wanted to know what the constraints are ,how the script itself need to be designed, and all such stuffs!!!

I have no good tutorials to do learn it.
So if anyone knows of good docs on the net, please help me

Thanks
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Old 04-13-2008
In what system you are planing to use this script?
They are all different.
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Old 04-13-2008
Am using solaris and would like to know on that grounds?
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Old 04-13-2008
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Originally Posted by wrapster
Am using solaris and would like to know on that grounds?
which version of solaris? rc scripts are obsolete with solaris 10 and greater... you can use rc scripts for backward compatibility but it's better to use the smf (service management facility) instead!

15.Managing Services (Tasks) (System Administration Guide: Basic Administration)

btw. this is an "evil" post... look at the post-count! Smilie (666)
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Old 04-13-2008
hee hee!!!
thats nice!!!
wonder how this happened??
Smilie
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