[techtalk] Partial execution of /etc/rc.d/rc.M

[moebius at ip-solutions.net]

Well Subba,
   If it is the same here as on your machine the most obvious problem is
the space between the period and forwardslash ". /etc" as opposed to
"./etc"
HTH,
Harry Hoffman
Product Systems Specialist
Restaurants Unlimited Inc.
Seattle WA
206 634-3082 ext. 270

On Sat, 15 Jan 2000, Subba Rao wrote:

> On  0, Beverly Guillermo <mezanin at home.com> wrote:
> > What are the commands that are not executing?
> > 
> > On Sat, 15 Jan 2000, Subba Rao wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > During the system bootup, the init script /etc/rc.d/rc.M is partially executed.
> > > The last 3rd of the file does not get executed. When I run those remaining commands
> > > manually, they work fine. Why is that happening?
> > > 
> > > Assuming there are some hidden characters in the rc.M file, I deleted the problem
> > > portion of the file, and retyped them. That did not help either. If there are some
> > > hidden characters in a text file, how do I find them out?
> > > 
> > 
> 
> ========================================
> # Start Qmail
> if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.qmail ]; then
>   . /etc/rc.d/rc.qmail start
> fi
> 
> # Start Samba (a file/print server for Win95/NT machines):
> if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.samba ]; then
>   . /etc/rc.d/rc.samba
> fi
> 
> # Start GPM mouse server
> if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.gpm ]; then
>   . /etc/rc.d/rc.gpm
> fi
> 
> # Start System V init scripts for this runlevel
> if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.sysvinit ]; then
>   . /etc/rc.d/rc.sysvinit
> fi
> 
> # Start the local setup procedure
> if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.local ]; then
>   . /etc/rc.d/rc.local
> fi
> 
> # All done.
> ========================================
> 
> Everything upto (including) Qmail starts. All below that
> spews error messages. The messages are something like "command not found" type.
> When I run each script manually, they work fine.
> 
> Subba Rao
> subb3 at attglobal.net
> http://pws.prserv.net/truemax/
> 
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