Subject: Re: "fixing" the network shutdown problems with rc.d
To: None <tech-userlevel@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Greg A. Woods <woods@weird.com>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 04/12/2000 17:50:21
[ On Tuesday, April 11, 2000 at 10:09:54 (+0100), David Brownlee wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: "fixing" the network shutdown problems with rc.d
>
> It works well for NetBSD scripts, but what about people dropping
> in third party rc.d scripts?
>
> One not entirely clean option might be to set 'RC_SHUTDOWN' in
> the environment and run with a "stop" arg, and the scripts can
> key off that.
Yes, that's why I suggested the environment variable in the first place.
> No perfect solution :(
No, it's not as clean or elegant, but it will suffice.
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