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.Dd May 31, 2006
.Dt RC 8
.Os Darwin
.Sh NAME
.Nm rc
.Nd command script for boot
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm rc
.Nm rc.local
.Sh DESCRIPTION
Prior to Mac OS X 10.5, the
.Nm rc
script
was used to bootstrap the OS. As of Leopard, the system is self-bootstrapped via
.Xr launchd 8
which uses the
.Xr launchctl 1
bootstrap subcommand to read in launchd jobs from the standard locations.
For compatibility reasons, the
.Nm rc.local
script still continues to work.
.Pp
The startup file
.Nm rc.local
reside in
.Pa /etc .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr launchd 8 ,
.Xr launchctl 1
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ed34e3c3	1	.Dd May 31, 2006
e91b9f68	2	.Dt RC 8
5b0a4722	3	.Os Darwin
e91b9f68 A	4	.Sh NAME
e91b9f68 A	5	.Nm rc
ed34e3c3	6	.Nd command script for boot
e91b9f68 A	7	.Sh SYNOPSIS
	8	.Nm rc
	9	.Nm rc.local
	10	.Sh DESCRIPTION
ed34e3c3	11	Prior to Mac OS X 10.5, the
e91b9f68	12	.Nm rc
ed34e3c3 A	13	script
	14	was used to bootstrap the OS. As of Leopard, the system is self-bootstrapped via
	15	.Xr launchd 8
	16	which uses the
	17	.Xr launchctl 1
	18	bootstrap subcommand to read in launchd jobs from the standard locations.
	19	For compatibility reasons, the
e91b9f68	20	.Nm rc.local
ed34e3c3	21	script still continues to work.
e91b9f68	22	.Pp
ed34e3c3	23	The startup file
e91b9f68 A	24	.Nm rc.local
	25	reside in
	26	.Pa /etc .
	27	.Sh SEE ALSO
ed34e3c3 A	28	.Xr launchd 8 ,
ed34e3c3 A	29	.Xr launchctl 1