Local rc scripts (was: Software installation opinions needed)

[Peter da Silva]

The System V startup model might repay study.

	inittab ---> /etc/rc0
		     /etc/rc2 ---> /etc/rc2.d/S01MOUNTFSYS
				   /etc/rc2.d/S05RMTMPFILES
				   ...
		     /etc/rc3 ---> /etc/rc3.d/S08ina961
				   /etc/rc3.d/S20SV_onet
				   ...
		     ...

Run level 2 starts up all the multiuser stuff. Run level 3 is typically used
for the network level. An application program just needs to install a startup
file in /etc/rc?.d and it is automatically initialised. When shutting down,
then, it runs the rc files in reverse order and a different set of files is
run:

	inittab ---> /etc/rc2 ---> /etc/rc2.d/K20SV_onet
				   ...
		     /etc/rc0 ---> /etc/rc0.d/K98UMOUNTFSYS
				   ...

I'm really surprised that Sun and Berkeley haven't picked up on this yet. The
system for handling drivers is similarly clean...
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