On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 01:36:36AM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > on Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 11:20:47AM +0530, N. Raghavendra > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > What I have been doing to stop /etc/init.d/ scripts (like > > xdm) from being executed at bootup is to put the line exit 0 > > at the top of the file (as the first uncommented line). This > > makes the script neatly exit without doing anything. > > I've been known to do this, but I prefer to add an echo to > indicate that this is the case. Scripts which silently fail > can be annoying. E.g.: > > echo "Not starting foo"; exit 0
Hi, Thanks for the tip. It is certainly neater. Best, Raghavendra. -- N. Raghavendra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Harish-Chandra Research Institute | What foods these morsels be! GnuPG public key at: | http://riemann.mri.ernet.in/~raghu/ |