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+Chkconfig
+
+Chkconfig is a tool for managing the collection of symbolic links found in
+the /etc/rc[0-6].d directories, on System V derived UNIX systems. It saves
+the system administrator from the tedium of manually managing the scores of
+symbolic links.
+
+Once you've compiled it, chkconfig requires special headers at the top
+of the init scripts in order to know how to setup the symlinks. This is
+This is documented in the manpage for chkconfig under RUNLEVEL FILES.
+
+After which services can be administrated in the folowing manner:
+
+ chkconfig --add <service>
+ chkconfig --level 2345 <service> on
+ chkconfig --list <service>
+
+Note: Slackware uses a BSD UNIX derived 'rc' system to be found in
+ /etc/rc.d (utilising 'pkgtool' for management), SysV-style init
+ is however supported for 3th party programs to use.
+
+