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.TH RC 8 "4 February 1983"
.UC 4
.SH NAME
rc \- command script for auto-reboot and daemons
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B /etc/rc
.br
.B /etc/rc.local
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Rc
is the command script which controls the automatic reboot and
.I rc.local
is the script holding commands which are pertinent only
to a specific site.
.PP
When an automatic reboot is in progress,
.I rc
is invoked with the argument
.I autoboot
and runs a
.I fsck
with option
.B \-p
to ``preen'' all the disks of minor inconsistencies resulting
from the last system shutdown and to check for serious inconsistencies
caused by hardware or software failure.
If this auto-check and repair succeeds, then the second part of
.I rc
is run.
.PP
The second part of
.I rc,
which is run after a auto-reboot succeeds and also if
.I rc
is invoked when a single user shell terminates (see
.IR init (8)),
starts all the daemons on the system, preserves editor files
and clears the scratch directory
.B /tmp.
.I Rc.local
is executed immediately before any other commands after a successful
.IR fsck .
Normally, the first commands placed in the
.I rc.local
file define the machine's name, using
.IR hostname (1),
and save any possible core image that might have been
generated as a result of a system crash,
.IR savecore (8).
The latter command is included in the
.I rc.local
file because the directory in which core dumps are saved
is usually site specific.
.SH SEE ALSO
init(8),
reboot(8),
savecore(8)
.SH BUGS
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2919a9fd C	1	.TH RC 8 "4 February 1983"
	2	.UC 4
	3	.SH NAME
	4	rc \- command script for auto-reboot and daemons
	5	.SH SYNOPSIS
	6	.B /etc/rc
	7	.br
	8	.B /etc/rc.local
	9	.SH DESCRIPTION
	10	.I Rc
	11	is the command script which controls the automatic reboot and
	12	.I rc.local
	13	is the script holding commands which are pertinent only
	14	to a specific site.
	15	.PP
	16	When an automatic reboot is in progress,
	17	.I rc
	18	is invoked with the argument
	19	.I autoboot
	20	and runs a
	21	.I fsck
	22	with option
	23	.B \-p
	24	to ``preen'' all the disks of minor inconsistencies resulting
	25	from the last system shutdown and to check for serious inconsistencies
	26	caused by hardware or software failure.
	27	If this auto-check and repair succeeds, then the second part of
	28	.I rc
	29	is run.
	30	.PP
	31	The second part of
	32	.I rc,
	33	which is run after a auto-reboot succeeds and also if
	34	.I rc
	35	is invoked when a single user shell terminates (see
	36	.IR init (8)),
	37	starts all the daemons on the system, preserves editor files
	38	and clears the scratch directory
	39	.B /tmp.
	40	.I Rc.local
	41	is executed immediately before any other commands after a successful
	42	.IR fsck .
	43	Normally, the first commands placed in the
	44	.I rc.local
	45	file define the machine's name, using
	46	.IR hostname (1),
	47	and save any possible core image that might have been
	48	generated as a result of a system crash,
	49	.IR savecore (8).
	50	The latter command is included in the
	51	.I rc.local
	52	file because the directory in which core dumps are saved
	53	is usually site specific.
	54	.SH SEE ALSO
	55	init(8),
	56	reboot(8),
	57	savecore(8)
	58	.SH BUGS