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# 1.32 10-Jan-2021 riastradh

rc.subr(8): Fix markup -- use .It to set off a new item.


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# 1.31 18-Dec-2012 wiz

Bump date for previous and remove trailing whitespace.


# 1.30 17-Dec-2012 apb

Add shell implementations of basename and dirname to rc.subr. They
are supposed to mimic basename(1) and dirname(1), except that they
are usable before /usr/bin is mounted.


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# 1.29 11-Aug-2011 apb

branches: 1.29.2; 1.29.8;
Allow "echo -n" to work as expected in rc.d scripts that are executed
by /etc/rc. Similarly for printf with a format that does not end with
"\n". Previously, the partial line would not be visible on the console
until a newline was printed, possibly after an annoying delay.

This is done by adding echo() and printf() shell functions to rc.subr,
so that naive use of the echo and printf commands in rc.d scripts will
call these functions instead of the underlying commands. These shell
functions send a new "nop" metadata message after the partial line, and
the rc_postprocess function in /etc/rc disentangles the partial line of
plain output from the metadata "nop".

Also add a "-n" option to the print_rc_normal function in rc.subr,
and make some cosmetic changes.


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# 1.28 26-Sep-2010 apb

Bump date for previous


# 1.27 26-Sep-2010 apb

Add a collapse_backslash_newline function to rc.subr.


# 1.26 15-Mar-2010 jmmv

Document that run_rc_command can take extra parameters and will pass those
to the command being executed.


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# 1.25 05-Oct-2009 apb

Typo in macro name (.Is -> .Ic), noticed by joerg@


# 1.24 11-Sep-2009 wiz

Bump date for previous. Whitespace nit. Use Nm instead of Xr to itself.


# 1.23 11-Sep-2009 apb

Add a postprocessor to /etc/rc, which logs messages to /var/run/rc.log,
and which can suppress output in silent mode. Silent mode is enabled
via the new rc_silent variable, which defaults to a value that depends
on the kern.boothowto sysctl.

Part of the /etc/rc silent changes requested in PR 41946
and proposed in tech-userlevel.


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# 1.22 09-Apr-2009 joerg

Don't use .Xo/.Xc to workaround argument limit in ancient groff.


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# 1.21 25-May-2008 wiz

branches: 1.21.2; 1.21.4;
Bump date for previous.


# 1.20 24-May-2008 he

Document the new ${name}_env feature: list of new or modified environment
variables to set when starting ${command}.


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# 1.19 30-Apr-2008 martin

branches: 1.19.2;
Convert TNF licenses to new 2 clause variant


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# 1.18 31-Dec-2007 ad

branches: 1.18.4; 1.18.6;
Remove systrace. Ok core@.


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# 1.17 06-Apr-2007 apb

branches: 1.17.4;
* Add a stop_boot() function in rc.subr, to terminate a multi-user boot
by killing the parent process. The parent's PID is saved in $RC_PID.
* In all rc.d/* scripts that previously tried to stop the boot,
replace in-line code with "stop_boot".
* Document this.

This should fix PR 29822.


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# 1.16 12-Oct-2004 lukem

* Implement
load_rc_config_var cmd var
to load the rc.conf(5) configuration for cmd and set var in the
current shell, using 'load_rc_config var' in a sub-shell to avoid
unwanted side-effects.

* Improve required_vars warning message.


# 1.15 29-Apr-2004 gendalia

Flasg -> Flags


# 1.14 02-Apr-2004 wiz

Simplify sentence.


# 1.13 02-Apr-2004 jmmv

Introduce and use the rcvar_manpage variable, which contains the manual page
name where the user should look at for documentation about rcvar. It defaults
to 'rc.subr(5)', as rc.subr is mainly used by rc.d scripts.

This variable is useful to let the daily, weekly, monthly and security scripts
tune the warning message shown when any of the variables they handle is not
properly set.

Closes PR misc/23908.


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# 1.12 06-Jan-2004 lukem

branches: 1.12.4;
Implement ``one'' prefix to allow a "one shot" operation as if
${rcvar}=yes yet all the other prerequisite tests are still performed.
The existing ``force'' prefix is a sledgehammer that ignores all the
prerequisite checks and always returns a zero exit status; this is a
more gentle approach to the problem of "manipulate this disabled
service without editing rc.conf(5)".


# 1.11 06-May-2003 jmmv

Drop trailing whitespace. Reviewed by wiz.


# 1.10 06-Jan-2003 wiz

successful with only one l.


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# 1.9 08-Jul-2002 atatat

Add systrace(1) support to rc.subr. Most services (eg, ${name} is
inetd) started from rc can now be run under systrace by setting
${name}_systrace to a set of flags to be passed to systrace. Note
that policies need to generated before you do this.


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# 1.8 18-Apr-2002 lukem

minor improvements, including consistency in how variables are formatted.


# 1.7 27-Mar-2002 lukem

Replace $critical_filesystems_beforenet with $critical_filesystems_local .
Replace $critical_filesystems with $critical_filesystems_remote .

The new names are now consistent with the type argument that
mount_critical_filesystems() is called with, and allows for other types to
be easily supported by that function.

For backwards compatibility purposes, if the now obsolete variable is defined
(even empty), it takes precedence over the new form, and you will be warned.
If you want to stop the warnings, update your rc.conf(5) settings!


# 1.6 24-Mar-2002 lukem

- document optional "interpreter" argument to check_pidfile() and
check_process()
- document rc_* variables available in method and after run_rc_command()
completes


# 1.5 21-Mar-2002 lukem

document $command_interpreter


# 1.4 13-Mar-2002 lukem

document ${_arg}_postcmd


# 1.3 25-Feb-2002 wiz

Punctuation nits.


# 1.2 25-Feb-2002 lukem

Fixes derived from [bin/15563] submitted by Ron Roskens:
- Don't su(1) to ${name}_user if running as that user.
- Support $procname as the name of the process to search for.
Defaults to the value of $command.


# 1.1 25-Feb-2002 lukem

rc.subr(8) - functions used by system shell scripts. Closes PR [misc/10828].