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[src/trunk]: src/share/man/man8 rc(8): more foo.sh clarification
details: https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/b23c994a5722
branches: trunk
changeset: 356809:b23c994a5722
user: lukem <lukem%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date: Sat Oct 14 21:21:51 2017 +0000
description:
rc(8): more foo.sh clarification
- Use "inline.sh" instead of "foo.sh".
- Clarify that "inline.sh" scripts will terminate the boot if
the script causes trhe current shell process to terminate.
- Use "service" instead of "bar.
- Use "sub-shell" instead of "subshell".
Inspired by feedback from kre@
diffstat:
share/man/man8/rc.8 | 18 +++++++++---------
1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diffs (62 lines):
diff -r 679676bb6349 -r b23c994a5722 share/man/man8/rc.8
--- a/share/man/man8/rc.8 Sat Oct 14 19:16:26 2017 +0000
+++ b/share/man/man8/rc.8 Sat Oct 14 21:21:51 2017 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: rc.8,v 1.38 2017/10/11 23:42:33 lukem Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: rc.8,v 1.39 2017/10/14 21:21:51 lukem Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2000-2017 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd October 12, 2017
+.Dd October 15, 2017
.Dt RC 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
.Dv $1
to
.Sq start ,
-and sources the script in a subshell.
+and sources the script in a sub-shell.
If the script has a
.Sq .sh
suffix then it is sourced directly into the current shell.
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
.Dv $1
to
.Sq stop ,
-and sources the script in a subshell.
+and sources the script in a sub-shell.
If the script has a
.Sq .sh
suffix then it is sourced directly into the current shell.
@@ -231,20 +231,20 @@
and
.Pa sendmail ) .
.El
-.It Pa foo.sh
-Scripts that are to be sourced into the current shell rather than a subshell
+.It Pa inline.sh
+Scripts that are sourced into the current shell rather than a sub-shell
have a
.Sq Pa .sh
suffix.
Extreme care must be taken in using this, as the startup sequence will
-terminate if the script terminates.
+terminate if the script causes the current shell process to terminate.
.Pa /etc/rc.d/bootconf.sh
uses this behaviour to allow the user to select a different
configuration (including
.Pa /etc/rc.conf )
early in the boot.
-.It Pa bar
-Scripts that are sourced in a subshell.
+.It Pa service
+Scripts that are sourced in a sub-shell.
The boot does not stop if such a script terminates with a non-zero status,
but a script can stop the boot if necessary by invoking the
.Fn stop_boot
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