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### Appendix D. Boot and sysconfig scripts version-20150222

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# D.14. /etc/rc.d/init.d/sysctl

    #!/bin/sh
    ########################################################################
    # Begin sysctl
    #
    # Description : File uses /etc/sysctl.conf to set kernel runtime
    #               parameters
    #
    # Authors     : Nathan Coulson (nathan@linuxfromscratch.org)
    #               Matthew Burgress (matthew@linuxfromscratch.org)
    #               DJ Lucas - dj@linuxfromscratch.org
    # Update      : Bruce Dubbs - bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org
    #
    # Version     : LFS 7.0
    #
    ########################################################################

    ### BEGIN INIT INFO
    # Provides:            sysctl
    # Required-Start:      mountvirtfs
    # Should-Start:
    # Required-Stop:
    # Should-Stop:
    # Default-Start:       S
    # Default-Stop:
    # Short-Description:   Makes changes to the proc filesystem
    # Description:         Makes changes to the proc filesystem as defined in
    #                      /etc/sysctl.conf.  See 'man sysctl(8)'.
    # X-LFS-Provided-By:   LFS
    ### END INIT INFO

    . /lib/lsb/init-functions

    case "${1}" in
       start)
          if [ -f "/etc/sysctl.conf" ]; then
             log_info_msg "Setting kernel runtime parameters..."
             sysctl -q -p
             evaluate_retval
          fi
          ;;

       status)
          sysctl -a
          ;;

       *)
          echo "Usage: ${0} {start|status}"
          exit 1
          ;;
    esac

    exit 0

    # End sysctl

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