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. Printed 11/10/80 1