Robert_Toxen%anvil.UUCP@harvard.harvard.edu (04/15/86)
> From: rs%mirror.uucp@BRL.ARPA > Subject: Redirection in /etc/rc* in 4.2 > Date: 28 Mar 86 21:12:00 GMT > > I sent this out once before, but I don't think it made it out > the door.... > > In BSD4.2, is there any good reason why /etc/rc shouldn't >- have an "exec >/dev/console 2>1" at the top, and punt all >+ have an "exec >/dev/console 2>&1" at the top, and punt all > those line-by-line redirections throughout it and rc.local? > > -- > Rich $alz {mit-eddie, ihnp4!inmet, wjh12, cca, datacube}!mirror!rs > Mirror Systems 2067 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA, 02140 > Telephone: 6,176,610,777 I doubt there is any reason not to do it. We did essentially the same thing for the Onyx System III port. Note that I added an ampersand (&) which is needed. Note that it is a common error in UNIX ports to forget to redirect stderr (particularly for fsck) in /etc/rc from its default of essentially /dev/null. Bob Toxen Stratus Computer {ucbvax!ihnp4,harvard}!anvil!bob ============================
jerry@oliveb.UUCP (Jerry Aguirre) (04/19/86)
If you redirect output from /etc/rc to the console then the console
becomes the "controlling tty" for all processes spawned by /etc/rc.
(Cron, net daemons, etc.) This is probably undesirable.
Redirecting output of specific programs is OK depending on the program.
Jerry Aguirre @ Olivetti ATC
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