Will rc.local block until command finish execution?

Question

Will rc.local wait for each command to finish, or the commands are executed like exec() ?

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered May 28 '12 at 21:16

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They block. They can be run asynchronously by putting '&' at the end.

answered May 28 '12 at 21:16

stark

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 28 '12 at 21:18

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It's a normal shell script. So they block or not, according to how the script invokes the commands (e.g. with/without &).

But exec also works differently to how you appear to think; exec() doesn't do anything asynchronously.

answered May 28 '12 at 21:18

James Youngman

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