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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# 
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+# 
+# ROCK Linux: rock-src/package/base/udev/udevd.init
+# ROCK Linux is Copyright (C) 1998 - 2005 Clifford Wolf
+# 
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version. A copy of the GNU General Public
+# License can be found at Documentation/COPYING.
+# 
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+# have a look at http://www.rocklinux.org/ and the Documentation/TEAM
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+# 
+# --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+#
+# Desc: udevd the udev daemon
+# Runlevel: 10 rcX rc1 rc2 rc3 rc4 rc5
+#
+
+main_begin
+
+    block_begin(start, `Starting udevd.')
+	check(`D_prefix/sbin/udevd --daemon')
+    block_end
+
+    block_begin(stop, `Stopping udevd.')
+	check(`killall -15 D_prefix/sbin/udevd')
+    block_end
+
+main_end