(1) /etc/init.d is linked to /etc/rc.d/init.d and (2) /etc/rc5.d is linked to /etc/rc.d/rc5.d
(1) contains all the startup scripts whereas (2) has all the S* and K* scripts which are actually linked to the respective scripts in (1) so the use of (1) is to keep scripts at one place and a link to them is created from all the runlevel directories i.e /etc/rc?.d (or /etc/rc.d/rc?.d) whichever/wherever is required. Ajay _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
