In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tom Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >in february of 2000 (when the manpage for init was last tweaked, >from what i can tell) init may have operated they way it's >describe there. but the way it works on debian potato is that it >calls a script (/etc/init.d/rc) that calls scripts >(/etc/rc*.d/[KS]*) with certain arguments. they're spozed to be >the ones to do the job -- and this is a nice, new, modular >layout.
No, the init manpage doesn't describe the Debian, Redhat or Suse init system at all. It describes what /sbin/init does - that's all. You have to combine that with /usr/share/doc/sysvinit/README.runlevels.gz, which does describe how the Debian /etc/rc?.d/ stuff works. >you've discovered the biggest achilles' heel of the *nix world: >"the documentation was probably right at one point, but..." >to determine that "point", check the "last-modified" date and >keep exploring if you need to... No, you're reading things in the init manual page that aren't there. Mike.
