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Subject: Re: Another Qmail/OpenBSD Question
From: Jim Breton (jamesb-openbsdalongtheway.com)
Date: Wed Jan 03 2001 - 00:15:03 CST


On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 09:13:58PM -0500, Kit Halsted wrote:
> If
>
> csh -cf '/var/qmail/rc &'
>
> is valid for rc.local, why does everything else in the file look like
>
> if [ -x /usr/local/sbin/somedaemon ]; then
> echo -n ' somedaemon'; /usr/local/sbin/somedaemon
> fi

You can invoke it under any shell you want, really. You don't have to
use csh if you don't want to. I use sh for mine, for instance.

sh /var/qmail/rc &
or simply
/var/qmail/rc &

From what I have heard, DJB uses csh in his example because some
implementations of the Bourne shell will cause their children to exit if
they receive a HUP signal... or, something like that. (I could be
completely wrong... it's just something I read on another list.)

I don't see this as being a problem with our pdksh though. Nor with
bash.