> Brian Somers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >I thought only sysv kept non-startup executables in /etc.
>
> There's one real oddity in FreeBSD:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc
> :; ll rmt
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 13 Jan 28 13:42 rmt -> /usr/sbin/rmt*
I think that's there for compatibility... programs that want to talk
to remote tapes execute ``rsh /etc/rmt ...'' (or is ssh the default
these days?).
> Plus the rc scripts, dhclient-exit-hooks, pccard_ether, and netstart.
I guess you could argue that these are more like executable
system configuration files, along with others like
/etc/start_if.iface.
> Tony.
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