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RC(8)               UNIX Programmer's Manual                RC(8)



NAME
     rc - command script for auto-reboot and daemons

SYNOPSIS
     /etc/rc

DESCRIPTION
     _R_c is the command script which controls the automatic reboot

     When an automatic reboot is in progress, _r_c is invoked with
     the argument _a_u_t_o_b_o_o_t and runs a _f_s_c_k with option -p to
     ``preen'' all the disks of minor inconsistencies resulting
     from the last system shutdown and to check for serious
     inconsistencies caused by hardware or software failure.  If
     this auto-check and repair succeeds, then the second part of
     _r_c is run.

     The second part of _r_c, which is run after a auto-reboot
     succeeds and also if _r_c is invoked when a single user shell
     terminates (see _i_n_i_t(8)), starts all the daemons on the sys-
     tem, preserves editor files and clears the scratch directory
     /tmp.

SEE ALSO
     init(8), reboot(8)

BUGS
     After making changes to the root file system, the system
     must be rebooted to keep the incore copy of the super-block
     from corrupting the newly computed super-block.  This is
     silly.  The system should be fixed so that this super-block
     is updated in core.























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