Most Linux distributions use a variant of the System-V init.
Startup scripts are held in
/etc/init.d (or sometimes
/etc/rc.d/init.d) and are linked into directories for each
runlevel, usually named
/etc/rc1.d =/etc/rc2.d= and so on.
Links are managed by the
chkconfig command, which takes information
from a set of structured comments at the top of each startup script.
The details of these comments, and of the support procedures that
can be used in startup scripts does vary from one distribution to
the next, so watch out!
As an example, see the attached startup script for
exim on
Red Hat Linux.
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AndrewFindlay - 22 Jan 2004
- exim: Startup script for exim mailer on Red Hat Linux
exim