Mark Newton <new...@internode.com.au> writes:
> Arun Sharma wrote:
>
> > While we're on the init topic, is there any strong feeling here about
> > BSD /etc/rc* scripts Vs SysV ? The nice thing about SysV initscripts
> > is the ability to start and stop any service that I like.
>
> That's fine -- there are lots of ways to start and stop any service you
> like without involving SysV init.
Like sending a signal to the process providing the service ? The
problem with that approach is, the signal you send and the clean up
you do is non-standard for each service and having a standard
interface:
/etc/rc.d/<service> stop|start|restart
makes it standard.
-Arun
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