RC(8)                   COMMAND REFERENCE                   RC(8)



NAME
     rc - command script for auto-startup and auto-shutdown

SYNOPSIS
     /etc/rc
     /etc/rc.local

DESCRIPTION
     Rc is the command script which determines automatic startup
     and rc.local is the script holding commands which are
     pertinent only to a specific site.  The command rc.local is
     invoked as part of the execution of rc.

     When multi-user mode is selected, either during normal UTek
     power-up or when single-user mode is terminated, init
     invokes rc.  If a file system consistency check was run the
     last time the box was turned off (only occurs on machines
     with a ``soft'' power switch), the file system check will
     not be run.  If a file system consistency check needs to be
     run, rc runs fsck 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 failure.  If this disk check and repair
     succeeds, then the second part of rc is run.  If fsck finds
     a problem, either the system will be rebooted, or single-
     user mode will be started, depending on problem severity.

     This second part of rc, which is run after file checking
     succeeds, starts the standard daemons on the system and
     performs other housekeeping tasks such as preserving editor
     files and clearing scratch directories (e.g., /tmp).  Rc
     invokes mount(8) and swapon(8) with the -a option, thereby
     using fstab(5) to determine what file systems are to be
     mounted and what partitions are to be used for paging.
     Rc.local and rc.net are then executed.

FILES
     /fastboot    indicates whether fsck should be run

CAVEATS
     Only machines with a "soft" power switch will run fsck as
     part of a power-down sequence.

SEE ALSO
     fstab(5), init(8), rc.net(8), and shutdown(8).










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