redirecting stdout in /etc/rc

Jerry Aguirre jerry at oliveb.UUCP
Sat Apr 19 12:42:10 AEST 1986


If you redirect output from /etc/rc to the console then the console
becomes the "controlling tty" for all processes spawned by /etc/rc.
(Cron, net daemons, etc.) This is probably undesirable.

Redirecting output of specific programs is OK depending on the program.

					Jerry Aguirre @ Olivetti ATC
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