Re: Where is /etc/init.d

On some Linux boxes, the init scripts are in /etc/rc.d/init.d, not
/etc/init.d --- I'm not sure why.

Wyatt

>
> First of all, I'd like to thanks to all the member of this mailing list
> that have helped me installed PostgreSQL. I really would have not been
> possible w/o your help.
> Now I am facing the last part of the installation, which is to start and
> shutdown Postgresql at boot up time and shutdown time respectively.
> I did locate the file that does this operation under the '../contrib'
> subdirectory of the .../postgresql-7.1.3 tree. However, the notes in the
> 'linux' file indicate that I should place this file in the
> 'etc/init.d/postgresql'. The problem I have is that the
> '...init.d/posgresql' does not exist in my Debian's '/etc' directory
> and, being a new-B, I have no idea what to do.
>
> The options are clear, I can create the directory so that I can add the
> file to it, or, ask if there is another directory where Debian is
> expecting to find this file. I have chosen the latter.
>
> I hope one of you can give me a hand on this, thanks...
>
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