Re: File naming of scripts in /etc/init.d
On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 03:59:30PM +0200, Steve R. Petruzzello wrote:
> Le 25-06-2012, à 14:47:58 +0100, Roger Leigh (rleigh@codelibre.net) a écrit :
>
> > On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 01:51:36PM +0200, Steve R. Petruzzello wrote:
> > > I noticed that some scripts in /etc/init.d/ are suffixed by .sh and some are
> > > not. [...] All except console-screen.sh, hwclock.sh and keymap.sh are from
> > > the initscripts package.
> > >
> > > So 1) nowhere is .sh suffixing mentioned and 2) some scripts are not named by
> > > their package's name (hwclock.sh is part of the util-linux package). Is there
> > > a reason for this?
> >
> > Nowadays, it's essentially the case that
> > - scripts with a .sh suffix are run from rcS
>
> But not all scripts in /etc/rcS.d/ have a .sh suffix (for instance S09mdadm-raid).
No, it's not a strict rule, just historic practice. If we were to
do it over today, it's unlikely we would use the suffixed names.
Regards,
Roger
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