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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
        !             2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
        !             3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
        !             4: .\"
        !             5: .\"    @(#)rc.8        6.1 (Berkeley) 4/27/85
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .TH RC 8 "April 27, 1985"
        !             8: .UC 4
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: rc \- command script for auto-reboot and daemons
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: .B /etc/rc
        !            13: .br
        !            14: .B /etc/rc.local
        !            15: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            16: .I Rc
        !            17: is the command script which controls the automatic reboot and
        !            18: .I rc.local
        !            19: is the script holding commands which are pertinent only
        !            20: to a specific site.
        !            21: .PP
        !            22: When an automatic reboot is in progress,
        !            23: .I rc
        !            24: is invoked with the argument
        !            25: .I autoboot
        !            26: and runs a
        !            27: .I fsck
        !            28: with option
        !            29: .B \-p
        !            30: to ``preen'' all the disks of minor inconsistencies resulting
        !            31: from the last system shutdown and to check for serious inconsistencies
        !            32: caused by hardware or software failure.
        !            33: If this auto-check and repair succeeds, then the second part of
        !            34: .I rc
        !            35: is run.
        !            36: .PP
        !            37: The second part of
        !            38: .I rc,
        !            39: which is run after a auto-reboot succeeds and also if
        !            40: .I rc
        !            41: is invoked when a single user shell terminates (see
        !            42: .IR init (8)),
        !            43: starts all the daemons on the system, preserves editor files
        !            44: and clears the scratch directory
        !            45: .B /tmp.
        !            46: .I Rc.local
        !            47: is executed immediately before any other commands after a successful
        !            48: .IR fsck .
        !            49: Normally, the first commands placed in the
        !            50: .I rc.local
        !            51: file define the machine's name, using
        !            52: .IR hostname (1),
        !            53: and save any possible core image that might have been
        !            54: generated as a result of a system crash,
        !            55: .IR savecore (8).
        !            56: The latter command is included in the
        !            57: .I rc.local
        !            58: file because the directory in which core dumps are saved
        !            59: is usually site specific.
        !            60: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            61: init(8),
        !            62: reboot(8),
        !            63: savecore(8)
        !            64: .SH BUGS

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