On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 11:00 PM, Jason <jhelf...@e-e.com> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 02:50:48PM -0500, Martin McCormick thus spake: > > Robert Bonomi writes: >> >>> /etc/rc.local maybe? contrary to the 'rc.d' way of doing things, but >>> 'simple'. :) >>> >> >> Thanks so much to both people who answered. I thought >> there was more to it than that but I may be thinking of the >> rcx.d directories in Linux. If you don't watch out, you can be >> scratching your head all day trying to figure out why the job >> isn't getting done. I use and like both FreeBSD and Linux but >> some things are easier in one than the other. >> >> Again, many thanks. >> > > man 5 crontab has: > > @reboot Run once, at startup
But this will always run every reboot, no? I think there used to be something along the lines of rc.early which could do what he wants. Then you can schedule a task to delete rc.early once it's served it's purpose:) > > > >> Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK >> Systems Engineer >> OSU Information Technology Department Telecommunications Services Group >> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." -- Lucky Dube _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
