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From: kcs@CS-Mordred (Kevin Smallwood)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Bourne shell scripts being started from /etc/rc
Message-ID: <154@CS-Mordred>
Date: Fri, 5-Oct-84 11:31:29 EDT
Article-I.D.: CS-Mordr.154
Posted: Fri Oct  5 11:31:29 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 6-Oct-84 05:37:25 EDT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, Purdue University
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Does anyone know of problems in starting a Bourne shell script "daemon"
from /etc/rc (or /etc/rc.local)?  We use a Bourne shell script to listen
to the status port of a Micom Port Selector and change location information
that finger uses (since terminal X may be connected to port Y one time and
port Z the next time).  When we start this up in /etc/rc.local, we get a
bunch of /tmp/sh files of zero length.  We are not using "<<", but we
do use pipes (technically, two programs are used to do two different things
with the status port information; we probably should combine this into one
program).  This seems to work if we give it a control terminal
(ie., < /dev/console).  Any thoughts that I am probably overlooking?
Thanks.
					Kevin Smallwood
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