Brendon Lloyd Higgins wrote:
Bob Alexander wrote (Tuesday 05 April 2005 6:18 pm):Brendon Lloyd Higgins wrote:/etc/init.d/clueless-twit-theory startNo, no, no! invoke-rc.d clueless-twit-theory start Do it the Debian Way (TM). ;) Peace, BrendonHowdy Brendon. What is the advantage of using invoke-rc.d as opposed to using the /etc/init.d/SCRIPT PARAM as I always did ?You know, I'm not entirely sure what the reasoning is. The invoke-rc.d manpage says "All access to the init scripts by Debian packages' maintainer scripts should be done through invoke-rc.d." But I guess that doesn't really apply to end-users.Chances are it makes no difference at all. I'm just being argumentative. :D Hopefully someone else can explain why I've been using it instead. I can't.
- A single entry point to make sure that vital environment variables are sane. Could look elsewhere than /etc/init.d for scripts. (e.g. /usr/local/etc to make FreeBSD'ers feel at home).
- invoke-rc.d could be aliased to 'service' (e.g. to make redhatters feel at home).
- less typing (ok, ok, one less char, but less fiddly dots and slashes all the same -- and in some keyboard layouts dots and slashes need a shift modifier to get them).
David