Re: [Webware-discuss] Webware startup/shutdown script

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ir...@ms... (Mike Orr) wrote:
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>Sorry, I wasn't following the thread that closely.  
>init.d/functions is definitely not a standard.  The init.d/ directory itself
>exists only on Unices that use the System V style initialization system.
>In the BSD style, each service is started by a stanza in a general startup
>script (/etc/rc.d/rc.M in Slackware Linux), not by its own script.  
>Nevertheless, Slackware supports an init.d/ directory for compatibility
>with third-party packages.

I don't remember the different standards, but for what it's worth, Solaris has 
/etc/init.d and /etc/rc*.d for the different scripts. The former is where 
actual scripts tend to be placed, and the latter directories usually contain 
symbolic links to the former. On Red Hat 6.1, there's /etc/rc.d/init.d and 
/etc/rc.d/rc*.d, with the same kind of symbolic linking conventions, although 
it's wiser to use chkconfig on RH6.1 to manage these, of course.

>My Debian Linux uses init.d/, but there's no init.d/functions .

It's a Red Hat thing.

>Also, the location of the init.d/ directory is all over the map.
>Red Hat Linux uses /etc/rc.d/init.d/, Debian Linux uses /etc/init.d/,
>and Jeff's system uses /usr/etc/rc.d/init.d/ .  The location of the
>startup scripts in one of the biggest inconsistencies between Unices.

I think Debian follows SysV most closely, then. Solaris' documentation mentions 
the motivations for changing the directory hierarchy - I think they arranged it 
slightly differently in SunOS 4.x and earlier.

>Which functions do we need?  Attached is a copy of the functions file
>from Red Hat 6.2.  Of course, some of the code is specific to that
>environment.

This is probably the script being discussed. It might be wise to assess the 
portability of it - lots of Linux-related stuff tends to assume the presence of 
various GNU programs which might not be there on other UNIX systems.

Paul

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