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On Sun, 2008-10-19 at 22:31 +0100, Simon Waters wrote: > Neil Williams wrote: > > > >> /etc/init.d/ > >> and type ./cups start > > > > The correct command for this operation is: > > > > $ sudo invoke-rc.d cups start > > > > The standard actions are: start, stop, force-stop, restart, reload, > > force-reload, and status. > > > > $ man invoke-rc.d > > Having read the manual page, I see no particular advantage in using this > method of calling the start-up scripts outside of a package (except it > is shorter to type). > > Am I missing something? It's about learning a new habit so that if things need to change in /etc/init.d/ then only /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d needs to be modified. invoke-rc.d also ensures that policy-rc.d is followed and enforces the correct dependency handling so that scripts can rely on other scripts being run. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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