[Pkg-sysvinit-commits] r553 - sysvinit/trunk/debian/initscripts
Thomas Hood
jdthood-guest at costa.debian.org
Sun Jan 8 18:49:41 UTC 2006
Author: jdthood-guest
Date: 2006-01-08 18:49:40 +0000 (Sun, 08 Jan 2006)
New Revision: 553
Modified:
sysvinit/trunk/debian/initscripts/rcS.5
Log:
Improve rcS.5
Modified: sysvinit/trunk/debian/initscripts/rcS.5
===================================================================
--- sysvinit/trunk/debian/initscripts/rcS.5 2006-01-08 17:47:30 UTC (rev 552)
+++ sysvinit/trunk/debian/initscripts/rcS.5 2006-01-08 18:49:40 UTC (rev 553)
@@ -1,27 +1,26 @@
-.TH rcS 5 "03 Nov 2003" "" "Debian Administrator's Manual"
+.TH rcS 5 "08 Jan 2006" "" "Debian Administrator's Manual"
.SH NAME
-rcS -- variable settings used at boot time
+rcS \- variables that affect the behavior of boot scripts
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.I /etc/default/rcS
-file contains information in the following format:
+file contains variable settings in POSIX format:
.IP "" .5i
VAR=VAL
.PP
-The syntax is POSIX shell,
-but only one value per line is allowed.
+Only one assignment is allowed per line.
Comments (starting with '#') are also allowed.
.SH OPTIONS
-The following options can be set.
-For the default values see \fI/usr/share/initscripts/default.rcS\fP.
+The following variables can be set.
+For the default values please see \fI/usr/share/initscripts/default.rcS\fP.
.IP \fBTMPTIME\fP
On boot the files in /tmp will be deleted if their modification time
is more than TMPTIME days ago.
A value of 0 means that files are removed regardless of age.
If you don't want the system to clean /tmp
-then set TMPTIME to a negative value (e.g., -1)
+then set TMPTIME to a negative value (e.g., \-1)
or to the word \fIinfinite\fP.
.IP \fBSULOGIN\fB
@@ -57,11 +56,13 @@
.IP \fBVERBOSE\fP
Setting this option to \fBno\fP will make the boot process
a bit less verbose.
+Setting this option to \fByes\fP will make the boot process
+a bit more verbose.
.IP \fBFSCKFIX\fP
When the root and all other file systems are checked,
.B fsck
-is invoked with the \fB-a\fP option
+is invoked with the \fB\-a\fP option
which means "autorepair".
If there are major inconsistencies
then the fsck process will bail out.
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@
(actually a \fIsulogin\fP prompt)
on the console.
Setting this option to \fByes\fP causes the fsck commands
-to be run with the \fB-y\fP option instead of the \fB-a\fP option.
+to be run with the \fB\-y\fP option instead of the \fB\-a\fP option.
This will tell fsck always to repair the file systems
without asking for permission.
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