rc.d
E427678
rc.d is FreeBSD’s traditional BSD-style init and service management framework, used to start, stop, and manage system services during boot and runtime.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| rc.d canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4279151 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: rc.d Context triple: [FreeBSD, supportsInitSystem, rc.d]
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A.
RCDS
RCDS is a German student organization aligned with Christian democratic values and politics.
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B.
RCG
RCG is the abbreviated name for RCG Productions, a media production company.
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C.
RCM
RCM is a Canadian Earth observation satellite constellation that uses radar imaging to monitor environmental changes, maritime activity, and national security.
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D.
RCN
RCN is the abbreviation for the Royal Canadian Navy, the maritime warfare branch of Canada’s armed forces.
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E.
RCN
RCN is the commonly used abbreviation for the Research Council of Norway, the national body responsible for funding and promoting research and innovation in Norway.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: rc.d Target entity description: rc.d is FreeBSD’s traditional BSD-style init and service management framework, used to start, stop, and manage system services during boot and runtime.
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A.
RCDS
RCDS is a German student organization aligned with Christian democratic values and politics.
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B.
RCG
RCG is the abbreviated name for RCG Productions, a media production company.
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C.
RCM
RCM is a Canadian Earth observation satellite constellation that uses radar imaging to monitor environmental changes, maritime activity, and national security.
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D.
RCN
RCN is the commonly used abbreviation for the Research Council of Norway, the national body responsible for funding and promoting research and innovation in Norway.
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E.
RCN
RCN is the abbreviation for the Royal Canadian Navy, the maritime warfare branch of Canada’s armed forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
init system framework
ⓘ
service management framework ⓘ |
| category |
Unix system administration
ⓘ
system service management ⓘ |
| component |
rc(8)
ⓘ
rc.subr(8) ⓘ rcorder(8) ⓘ service-specific rc.d scripts ⓘ |
| configurationFile |
/etc/defaults/rc.conf
ⓘ
/etc/rc.conf ⓘ /etc/rc.conf.local ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
FreeBSD Handbook
ⓘ
rc(8) manual page ⓘ rc.subr(8) manual page ⓘ |
| feature |
dependency-based service ordering
ⓘ
enable or disable services via rc.conf ⓘ rcorder-based startup sequence ⓘ supports local and base system services ⓘ |
| introducedIn | FreeBSD 4.x era ⓘ |
| license | BSD license ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
DragonFly BSD
ⓘ
FreeBSD ⓘ NetBSD ⓘ OpenBSD ⓘ |
| platformType | Unix-like ⓘ |
| purpose |
boot-time service startup
ⓘ
runtime service control ⓘ service management ⓘ system initialization ⓘ |
| replacedMechanism | monolithic /etc/rc startup script ⓘ |
| scriptDirectory |
/etc/rc.d
ⓘ
/usr/local/etc/rc.d ⓘ |
| scriptLanguage |
POSIX shell
ⓘ
sh ⓘ |
| serviceEnableVariablePattern | name_enable ⓘ |
| serviceFlagsVariablePattern | name_flags ⓘ |
| style | BSD-style init ⓘ |
| supportsAction |
rcvar
ⓘ
restart ⓘ start ⓘ status ⓘ stop ⓘ |
| supportsRunLevelConcept | false ⓘ |
| usedFor |
reloading or restarting services at runtime
ⓘ
starting daemons at boot ⓘ stopping daemons at shutdown ⓘ |
| usesKeyword |
BEFORE
ⓘ
KEYWORD ⓘ PROVIDE ⓘ REQUIRE ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: rc.d Description of subject: rc.d is FreeBSD’s traditional BSD-style init and service management framework, used to start, stop, and manage system services during boot and runtime.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.