Is ubuntu's /etc/init.d
directory exactly equivalent (functionally) to what I presume to be the more standard /etc/rc.d/
(at least on arch)? Is there any particular reason canonical used init.d instead of rc.d for startup scripts?
Ubuntu – /etc/rc.d vs /etc/init.d
init-scriptUbuntu
Best Answer
Ubuntu uses
/etc/init.d
to store SysVinit scripts because Ubuntu is based on Debian and that's what Debian uses. Red Hat uses/etc/rc.d/init.d
. I forget what Slackware uses. There just isn't a standard location.Ubuntu briefly switched from SysVinit to Upstart, but has now turned to using
systemd
.