RC(8)                                                                    RC(8)



NAME
       rc - command script for auto-reboot and daemons

SYNOPSIS
       /etc/rc
       /etc/rc.local

DESCRIPTION
       _R_c  is  the  command  script  which  controls  the automatic reboot and
       _r_c_._l_o_c_a_l is the script holding commands which are pertinent only  to  a
       specific site.

       When  an  automatic reboot is in progress, _r_c is invoked with the argu‐
       ment _a_u_t_o_b_o_o_t and runs a _f_s_c_k with option -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  fail‐
       ure.   If  this auto-check and repair succeeds, then the second part of
       _r_c is run.

       The second part of _r_c_, which is run after a  auto-reboot  succeeds  and
       also  if  _r_c  is  invoked  when  a  single  user  shell terminates (see
       _i_n_i_t(8)), starts all the daemons on the system, preserves editor  files
       and  clears  the  scratch directory /tmp.  _R_c_._l_o_c_a_l is executed immedi‐
       ately before any other commands after a successful _f_s_c_k.  Normally, the
       first  commands  placed in the _r_c_._l_o_c_a_l file define the machine’s name,
       using _h_o_s_t_n_a_m_e(1), and save any possible core  image  that  might  have
       been  generated as a result of a system crash, _s_a_v_e_c_o_r_e(8).  The latter
       command is included in the _r_c_._l_o_c_a_l file because the directory in which
       core dumps are saved is usually site specific.

SEE ALSO
       init(8), reboot(8), savecore(8)

BUGS
4th Berkeley Distribution       April 27, 1985                           RC(8)