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rc



PURPOSE

Initializes normal system startup.

SYNTAX


            1
/etc/rc ---|


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1 This command is not usually run from the command line.


DESCRIPTION

When the init process starts up the system in normal operating mode, it runs
the command file /etc/rc to perform the necessary system initialization,
including the enabling of various loggers.

The contents of /etc/rc may be installation specific, but there are a few
things that it should do:

  o Remake the message of the day file.
  o Check the default file systems (run fsck).
  o Mount the default file systems (run mount).
  o Purge temporary files.
  o Set printer defaults.

If all of the necessary operations complete successfully, the file exits with a
zero return code that allows init to start loggers to complete normal
initialization and startup.

Notes:

  1. The mail facility is started by rc indirectly when it runs
    /etc/rc.sendmail.

  2. The root file system is implicitly mounted.

FILES

/etc/rc.tcpip      Performs functions required to start TCPIP.
/etc/rc.sendmail   Performs functions required by sendmail.
/etc/Single2multi  Takes system from single to multi-user mode.




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RELATED INFORMATION

See the following commands:  "cron,"  "fsck, dfsck,"  "init, telinit," "mount,"
and  "pstart, penable, pshare, pdelay."

See the discussion of starting up the system in Managing the AIX Operating
System.
















































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