rc script running twice ???

[Kevin D. Clark]

Drew Van Zandt writes:

> /etc/rc2.d/S40init_xuarts start
> root       498  0.0  0.8   2808   504 ttyS0    S+   00:00   0:00      \_
> /bin/sh /etc/rc2.d/S40init_xuarts start
> root       500  0.1  0.9   1676   576 ttyS0    S+   00:00   0:00          \_
> sed s/ttyname=//

.....

> # Barcode
> ln -s -f `/usr/local/bin/xuartctl -d --speed=115200 --mode=7e1 -p 1 2>&1
> |sed s/ttyname=//` /dev/barcode
> # Copleys
> ln -s -f `/usr/local/bin/xuartctl -d --speed=9600 --mode=8n1 -p 2 2>&1 |sed
> s/ttyname=//` /dev/copley
> # Watlows
> ln -s -f `/usr/local/bin/xuartctl -d --speed=38400 --mode=8n1 -p 5 2>&1 |sed
> s/ttyname=//` /dev/watlow


I think that your multiple S40init_xuarts entries in the process table
are a result of the subshells that you are running via `backticks`.

This is the behavior of the shell.

Furthermore, since you are apparently seeing something hang here, I'll
bet that one of your invocations of /usr/local/bin/xuartctl is hanging
somehow.  If it wasn't hanging, then you'd have a very difficult time
seeing this in the process table.

Regards,

--kevin
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