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RC(8)                     BSD System Manager's Manual                    RC(8)

NAME
     rc -- command script for boot

SYNOPSIS
     rc
     rc.local

DESCRIPTION
     Prior to Mac OS X 10.5, the rc script was used to bootstrap the OS. As of Leopard, the system is self-bootstrapped selfbootstrapped
     bootstrapped via launchd(8) which uses the launchctl(1) bootstrap subcommand to read in launchd jobs
     from the standard locations.  For compatibility reasons, the rc.local script still continues to work.

     The startup file rc.local reside in /etc.

SEE ALSO
     launchd(8), launchctl(1)

Darwin                           May 31, 2006                           Darwin