Index: rc.subr.8
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RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/share/man/man8/rc.subr.8,v
retrieving revision 1.11
diff -u -r1.11 rc.subr.8
--- rc.subr.8	4 Apr 2006 10:52:15 -0000	1.11
+++ rc.subr.8	4 Apr 2006 16:39:27 -0000
@@ -312,28 +312,52 @@
 .Xr rc.conf 5
 variable
 .Va rc_info .
-.It Ic load_rc_config Ar command
+.It Ic load_rc_config Ar name
 Source in the configuration files for
-.Ar command .
+.Ar name .
 First,
 .Pa /etc/rc.conf
 is sourced if it has not yet been read in.
 Then,
-.Pa /etc/rc.conf.d/ Ns Ar command
-is sourced if it is an existing file.
+.Va etcdir
+variable is set to
+.Pa /etc
+if the
+.Va ${command} Ap s
+prefix (or
+.Va ${${name}_program} Ap s
+if it is defined) is
+.Pa /
+or
+.Pa /usr ,
+otherwise
+.Va etcdir
+is set to
+.Va ${prefix} Ns Pa /etc .
+.Pa /etc/rc.conf.d/ Ns Va ${name}
+is sourced if the file exists (but it is deprecated if
+.Va ${etcdir}
+is different than
+.Pa /etc )
+and then
+.Va ${etcdir} Ns Pa /rc.conf.d/ Ns Va ${name}
+is sourced if the file exists.
+Note that, at some point,
+.Pa /etc/rc.conf.d/ Ns Va ${name}
+will not be sourced anymore.
 The latter may also contain other variable assignments to override
 .Ic run_rc_command
 arguments defined by the calling script, to provide an easy
 mechanism for an administrator to override the behaviour of a given
 .Xr rc.d 8
 script without requiring the editing of that script.
-.It Ic load_rc_config_var Ar command Ar var
+.It Ic load_rc_config_var Ar name Ar var
 Read the
 .Xr rc.conf 5
 variable
 .Ar var
 for
-.Ar command
+.Ar name
 and set in the current shell, using
 .Ic load_rc_config
 in a sub-shell to prevent unwanted side effects from other variable