---
name: "rc.boot"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "sysvinit"
version: "2.84-2woody1"
release: "Debian 3.0 (Woody)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/rc.boot"
---

# rc.boot(5)

directory for local or per-package boot scripts.

## NAME

/etc/rc.boot - directory for local or per-package boot scripts.

## DESCRIPTION

The /etc/rc.boot directory is obsolete. It has been superseded by the /etc/rcS.d directory. At boot time, first the /etc/rcS.d directory is scanned and then, for backwards compatibility, the /etc/rc.boot directory.

The directory */etc/rc.boot* is scanned by the program [**run-parts**(8)](/run-parts/8.md). The scripts found that have valid filenames for the **run-parts** program will be run in lexical sort order of the filenames.

## SEE ALSO

[run-parts(8)](/run-parts/8.md), [init(1)](/init/1.md).