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NAME
     brc, bcheckrc - system initialization procedures

SYNOPSIS
     /sbin/brc

     /sbin/bcheckrc

DESCRIPTION
     These  shell  procedures  are  executed   via   entries   in
     /sbin/inittab by init whenever the system is booted.

     First, the bcheckrc procedure checks the status of the  root
     file  system.   If  the root file system is found to be bad,
     bcheckrc repairs it.

     Then, bckeckrc mounts the /stand, /proc,  and  /var  (if  it
     exists)  file  systems (/var may exist as a directory in the
     root file system, or as a separate file system).

     The brc script performs administrative tasks related to file
     sharing.

     After these two procedures have executed,  init  checks  for
     the  initdefault value in /sbin/inittab.  This tells init in
     which run level to place the system.  If, for example, init-
     default  is  set  to  2,  the  system  will be placed in the
     multi-user state via the rc2 procedure.

     Note that bcheckrc should always  be  executed  before  brc.
     Also,  these  shell  procedures may be used for several run-
     level states.

SEE ALSO
     fsck(1M),  init(1M),  rc2(1M),   shutdown(1M),   inittab(4),
     mnttab(4).



















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