Re: Console Messages

[Rick Stevens <rstevens vitalstream com>]

Cameron Simpson wrote:
> On 12:10 03 May 2002, Karl Pearson <karlp ourldsfamily com> wrote:
> | Actually, they all have them, they are in different places.
>
> The BSDs tend not to.
>
> | [HP's] are in /sbin/rcn.d. Why, I have no idea...
>
> On most modern systems, /etc/init.d will get you there, be it a symlink
> or otherwise.

I agree.  MANY systems don't have the wealth of scripts that Linux
does, and some may have stuff combined that you don't want to play
with.  Generally speaking, when I use something like "edit
/etc/xinetd.d/ftp" or "send a SIGHUP to syslogd", I say that because
it'll work on ANY system--not just those with nice scripts like
Linux.

The same is true when I give out a script.  It's in Bourne shell
(not even bash), because it's the only shell guaranteed to exist on
every Unix system.  Sure, some could be written more easily in csh
or ksh or tsh, but Bourne is the lowest common denominator.

<dennismiller>That's just my opinion.  I could be wrong!</dennismiller>
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