Re: init/rc scripts

[Bret Hughes <bhughes elevating com>]

On Wed, 2002-05-01 at 09:51, Vidiot wrote:
> >use the source Luke.
> 
> That is what man pages are for.  It should have been in there, specifically
> the init man page.  Not everyone can dig through sources.
> 

Probaly should be in a man or info page somewhere but I don't think that
init is the one it should be in since it does say that on Sys V systme
it works closely with the scripts in init.d:

CONFORMING TO
       Init is compatible  with  the  System  V  init.  It  works
       closely  together  with  the  scripts  in  the directories
       /etc/init.d and /etc/rc{runlevel}.d.  If your system  uses
       this  convention,  there  should  be  a README file in the
       directory /etc/init.d explaining how these scripts work.

Perhaps the README should be included in the distro in /etc/init.d . 
Seems like there is a boot process howto That I read way the *$^%* back
in my begining linux days that explained at least how rc gets called. 
since then I have alwys gone straight to /etc/init.d to look ath the
scripts whenever I had a question about what was happening.  This is how
I learned that the K?? and S?? files needed to be capitalized s and k
after a very difficult night trying to get a home grown script working.

Since this is such a integral issue and lots of people have  not even a
cursory understanding of how it works, the README refered to would be a
good place to put the info or at least a pointer to where to look.

Why don't you submit an enhancement request if it really pisses you off.

Bret