Changeset 02912d44 for general/sysutils

Timestamp:

08/01/2004 12:53:10 AM (20 years ago)

Author:

Randy McMurchy <randy@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.2.0, 6.2.0-rc1, 6.2.0-rc2, 6.3, 6.3-rc1, 6.3-rc2, 6.3-rc3, 7.10, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.6-blfs, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, gnome, kde5-13430, kde5-14269, kde5-14686, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, krejzi/svn, lazarus, lxqt, nosym, perl-modules, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, systemd-11177, systemd-13485, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

92baa4d

Parents:

512e6761

Message:

Changed Sysstat instructions to use the BLFS bootscripts

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@2533 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

File:

• general/sysutils/sysstat.xml (modified) (1 diff)

general/sysutils/sysstat.xml

@@ -95 +95 @@
 </sect3>
 
-<sect3><title>Startup script information</title>
+<sect3><title>System startup information</title>
 
 <para>At system startup, a LINUX RESTART message must be inserted in the daily 
-data file to reinitialize the kernel counters. Create a 
-<filename>sysstat</filename> bootscript to accomplish this using the following
-commands:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput><command>cat &gt; /etc/rc.d/init.d/sysstat &lt;&lt; "EOF"</command>
-#!/bin/sh
-# Begin $rc_base/init.d/sysstat
-
-# Based on sysklogd script from LFS-3.1 and earlier.
-# Rewritten by Gerard Beekmans  - gerard@linuxfromscratch.org
-
-. /etc/sysconfig/rc
-. $rc_functions
-
-case "$1" in
-        start)
-                echo "Calling the system activity data collector (sadc)..."
-                /usr/lib/sa/sadc -F -L -
-                evaluate_retval
-                ;;
-
-        *)
-                echo "Usage: $0 start"
-                exit 1
-                ;;
-esac
-
-# End $rc_base/init.d/sysstat
-<command>EOF
-chmod 754 /etc/rc.d/init.d/sysstat</command></userinput></screen>
-
-<para>The <filename>sysstat</filename> bootscript only needs to run at
-system startup, therefore only one symlink is required. Create this symlink in 
-<filename class="directory">/etc/rc.d/rcsysinit.d</filename> using the following 
-command:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput><command>ln -sf ../init.d/sysstat /etc/rc.d/rcsysinit.d/S85sysstat</command></userinput></screen>
+data file to reinitialize the kernel counters. This can be automated by
+installing the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/sysstat</filename> init script 
+included in the <xref linkend="intro-important-bootscripts"/> package using 
+the following command:</para>
+<screen><userinput><command>make install-sysstat</command></userinput></screen>
 </sect3>