On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 10:36:55 -0500 Dan Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In the last episode (Oct 19), Marco Molteni said: > > I have a program that I would like to control via a rc script, > > say /usr/local/etc/rc.d/myprog > > > > problem is this program needs to be put explicitly in background. > > > > I was playing with things like > > > > command="/usr/sbin/daemon /usr/local/bin/myprog" > > > > but this obviously works only for the start case. > > > > Should I just override start() completely or is there a > > common way to do it? I don't think I can simply pass a "&" > > somewhere... > > Try putting the "&" in command_args; that way it'll only be used > during startup. I do that in some of my homegrown rc.d scripts. A > (probably cleaner) way is to set > > start_cmd="/usr/sbin/daemon /usr/local/bin/myprog" thanks to you and the others posters for the & trick. It works, but as you say it smells hackish. For one, it doesn't detach from the controlling tty. Not a big deal when run from init I think, but it may make a difference when run multiuser from a terminal (say myprog forcestart). anyway, better than nothing ;-) thanks again marco -- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. -- Thomas Jefferson _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
