rc.d is a symbolic link to init.d I believe it's there for historical purposes. Over the years various versions of Unix have put these critical system service startup files in various paths, the two you see being the most common. There may still be some system scripts and programs that refer to both paths, so a symlink is the easiest way to provide them both. The files themselves are not actually duplicated. On 4/11/07, jordi laforge wrote: > Can someone explain why SuSE has init.d and rc.d? The contents of both > folders seem to be the same. > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Lynn David Newton Phoenix, AZ --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss