Re: File naming of scripts in /etc/init.d
Dear all,
Thank you for your answers.
Le 25-06-2012, à 15:21:02 +0100, Roger Leigh (rleigh@codelibre.net) a écrit :
> 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.
So my question was not too stupid :)
Best regards,
Steve
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