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Re: fbshow in rc.local

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From: Jim De Arras
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 00:57
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In article <1992Oct8.050332.16821@cronkite.ocis.temple.edu>  
ray@astro.ocis.temple.edu (Ray Lauff) writes:
> Does anyone know what the command 
> 
> fbshow -a -b -e -i "Starting*Local*Services..."
> 
> does in the default /etc/rc.local file??  There isn't a man
> page for it, it wasn't in the NeXTStep 2.1 /etc/rc.local file,
> and it's the little things like this that can drive a 
> system administrator batty.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any info.
> 
> Ray
> ray@astro.temple.edu

I would assume it makes the little status window, the one with the spinning  
disk that appears as the system boots up, say "Starting Local Services"!

Jim
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