In article <10265.828294533@UX2.SP.CS.CMU.EDU> Chris_G_Demetriou@UX2.SP.CS.CMU.EDU (Chris G Demetriou) writes:
>> The two structures (rc.local vs. init.d) can each emulate one another. 
>
>No they cannot.  rc* can be emulated by 'init.d', but the reverse is
>_not_ true: any worthwhile init.d implementation provides the
>capability of performing "shutdown" actions, and that's just _not_
>present in rc*.

I second that! It is not acceptable have the system reboot while a process
is still trying to clean up its state... Consider database applications.

christos