scripts in /etc/rc2.d/

[G Anna <drguruolai@eth.net>]

Dear All,

I have kept the startup script "dictd.init" for the dictd server in
the /etc/init.d/ directory.

I want the dictd server to be started automatically while booting my
system.  So I created a symbolic link to dict.init script under the
/etc/rc2.d/ (I use runlevel 2) So I have

$ ls -l /etc/init.d/dictd.init
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          747 May 11 12:51 /etc/init.d/dictd.init

$ ls -l /etc/rc2.d/S39dictd
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           20 May 15 21:02 /etc/rc2.d/S39dictd -> ../init.d/dictd.init

My question is will this work?  I have randomly chosen the name
"S39dict".  I can understand that the prefix "S" is for "Start".  What
is that number for?  How should I chose the number?  Is any random
number - like the one I have chosen - sufficient?  What is the purpose
of that number?

$ cat /etc/issue

Red Hat Linux release 7.1 (Seawolf)
Kernel 2.4.16 on an i686

$ uname -a
Linux wobble 2.4.16 #8 Tue May 14 14:15:58 IST 2002 i686 unknown

Kindly help me to understand.

Cheers,
anna

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