Re: [PROPOSAL] Directories for local initialization scripts

1999-09-04 Thread Nathaniel Smith
On Fri, Sep 03, 1999 at 01:10:44PM -0300, Julio wrote: Given the comments on my proposal, I'm rewriting it to the following: 1. to provide support for separation of local initialization scripts, allow update-rc.d to handle subdirectories. So, a /etc/init.d/local (or whatever) dir could be

Re: [PROPOSAL] Directories for local initialization scripts

1999-09-03 Thread Philip Hands
Julio [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Given the comments on my proposal, I'm rewriting it to the following: 1. to provide support for separation of local initialization scripts, allow update-rc.d to handle subdirectories. So, a /etc/init.d/local (or whatever) dir could be created and a script

Re: [PROPOSAL] Directories for local initialization scripts

1999-08-22 Thread Brock Rozen
On Fri, 20 Aug 1999 at 02:00, julio wrote about Re: [PROPOSAL] Directories...: 0 * * * * generate_web_stats @reboot eggdrop That second line (I think I got it right), is valid in a crontab file and makes the job be run on reboot. (This is documented only in the cron source --

Re: [PROPOSAL] Directories for local initialization scripts

1999-08-22 Thread julio
On Sun, Aug 22, 1999 at 02:38:58AM +0300, Brock Rozen wrote: On Fri, 20 Aug 1999 at 02:00, julio wrote about Re: [PROPOSAL] Directories...: 0 * * * * generate_web_stats @reboot eggdrop That second line (I think I got it right), is valid in a crontab file and makes the

Re: [PROPOSAL] Directories for local initialization scripts

1999-08-21 Thread Julio
Still regarding my proposal for the creation of a directory to place local init scritps, I'd like to propose the creation of a mechanism to handle user init scripts. Some users actually need to have persistent processes between reboots, and using similar functionalities for the system init

Re: [PROPOSAL] Directories for local initialization scripts

1999-08-21 Thread Joey Hess
Julio wrote: init scritps, I'd like to propose the creation of a mechanism to handle user init scripts. Some users actually need to have persistent processes between reboots, and using similar functionalities for the system init mechanisms could be interesting. 0 * * * *

Re: [PROPOSAL] Directories for local initialization scripts

1999-08-21 Thread julio
On Fri, Aug 20, 1999 at 09:22:38PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote: Julio wrote: init scritps, I'd like to propose the creation of a mechanism to handle user init scripts. Some users actually need to have persistent processes between reboots, and using similar functionalities for the system init

Re: [PROPOSAL] Directories for local initialization scripts

1999-08-18 Thread Julio
At 10:22 AM 8/17/99 +0200, you wrote: On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Julio wrote: I don't see why there should be any discrimination of local init scripts, which only can be executed in rcS.d or after all other scripts. This is a restriction which isn't necessary and doesn't make sense. I agree.

Re: [PROPOSAL] Directories for local initialization scripts

1999-08-18 Thread Roland Rosenfeld
On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Julio wrote: Add a directory /etc/init.local (or maybe /etc/init.d.local?) for locally installed init scripts, which can be handled by update-rc.d like the script in /etc/init.d. Okay, with this proposal I have less problems than with the initial one, but the

Re: [PROPOSAL] Directories for local initialization scripts

1999-08-17 Thread Julio
At 01:00 AM 8/16/99 +0200, Roland Rosenfeld wrote: On Sun, 15 Aug 1999, Julio wrote: I propose the creation of some directories to hold the local initialization scripts and separate them from the initialization scripts installed by packages. One possible approach would be to use

Re: [PROPOSAL] Directories for local initialization scripts

1999-08-17 Thread Roland Rosenfeld
On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Julio wrote: I don't see why there should be any discrimination of local init scripts, which only can be executed in rcS.d or after all other scripts. This is a restriction which isn't necessary and doesn't make sense. I agree. However, I've mentioned this as a possible

Re: [PROPOSAL] Directories for local initialization scripts

1999-08-16 Thread Anthony Towns
On Sat, Aug 14, 1999 at 06:20:04PM -0300, Julio wrote: I propose the creation of some directories to hold the local initialization scripts and separate them from the initialization scripts installed by packages. One possible approach would be to use /usr/local/etc/init.d or /etc/rc.local to

Re: [PROPOSAL] Directories for local initialization scripts

1999-08-16 Thread Roland Rosenfeld
On Sun, 15 Aug 1999, Julio wrote: I propose the creation of some directories to hold the local initialization scripts and separate them from the initialization scripts installed by packages. One possible approach would be to use /usr/local/etc/init.d or /etc/rc.local to contain

Re: [PROPOSAL] Directories for local initialization scripts

1999-08-16 Thread Gilbert Laycock
Julio To accommodate local initialization scripts in Debian, one must Julio add these scripts in /etc/init.d and update-rc.d. Thus scripts Julio installed by packages and local scripts to share the same Julio directories. Why is this method a problem? -- Gilbert Laycock

Re: [PROPOSAL] Directories for local initialization scripts

1999-08-15 Thread paulwade
On Sat, 14 Aug 1999, Julio wrote: To accommodate local initialization scripts in Debian, one must add these scripts in /etc/init.d and update-rc.d. Thus scripts installed by packages and local scripts to share the same directories. I propose the creation of some directories to hold the

Re: [PROPOSAL] Directories for local initialization scripts

1999-08-15 Thread Roland Rosenfeld
On Sat, 14 Aug 1999, Julio wrote: To accommodate local initialization scripts in Debian, one must add these scripts in /etc/init.d and update-rc.d. Thus scripts installed by packages and local scripts to share the same directories. I don't think that is really a problem. Having two different

Re: [PROPOSAL] Directories for local initialization scripts

1999-08-15 Thread Julio
At 06:02 PM 8/15/99 +0200, Roland Rosenfeld wrote: On Sat, 14 Aug 1999, Julio wrote: To accommodate local initialization scripts in Debian, one must add these scripts in /etc/init.d and update-rc.d. Thus scripts installed by packages and local scripts to share the same directories. I don't

[PROPOSAL] Directories for local initialization scripts

1999-08-14 Thread Julio
To accommodate local initialization scripts in Debian, one must add these scripts in /etc/init.d and update-rc.d. Thus scripts installed by packages and local scripts to share the same directories. I propose the creation of some directories to hold the local initialization scripts and