RC(8)                   COMMAND REFERENCE                   RC(8)



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

SYNOPSIS
     /etc/rc
     /etc/rc.local

DESCRIPTION
     The command script rc 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(8)
     invokes rc.  If a file system consistency check was run the
     last time the workstation 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(8) 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(8) 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).  The rc
     command script 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(8n) are then executed.

FILES
     /fastboot    indicates whether fsck(8) should be run

CAVEATS
     Only machines with a "soft" power switch will run fsck(8) as
     part of a power-down sequence.

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









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