.Dd May 31, 2006 .Dt RC 8 .Os Darwin .Sh NAME .Nm rc .Nd command script for boot .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm rc .Nm rc.local .Sh DESCRIPTION Prior to Mac OS X 10.5, the .Nm rc script was used to bootstrap the OS. As of Leopard, the system is self-bootstrapped via .Xr launchd 8 which uses the .Xr launchctl 1 bootstrap subcommand to read in launchd jobs from the standard locations. For compatibility reasons, the .Nm rc.local script still continues to work. .Pp The startup file .Nm rc.local reside in .Pa /etc . .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr launchd 8 , .Xr launchctl 1