On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 08:47:06PM -0500, Jonathan Horne wrote: > ive noticed that apache can be started manually using the apachectl tool, > even> if it is not enabled in /etc/rc.conf. do many other daemons have this > ability? i have a dev server that i would like to not have many things > enabled in the rc.conf, but i would like an easy way to just start specific > daemons when i need.
There is the "force" modifier which may be of help/interest. It works like this: # /usr/local/etc/rc.d/script forcestart This will, well, force the script to run, even if it's not explicitly enabled in /etc/rc.conf. Close to what you want? -- Daniel Bye PGP Key: http://www.slightlystrange.org/pgpkey-dan.asc PGP Key fingerprint: D349 B109 0EB8 2554 4D75 B79A 8B17 F97C 1622 166A _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \
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