-.\" $OpenBSD: rc.d.8,v 1.36 2021/02/27 09:28:05 ajacoutot Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: rc.d.8,v 1.37 2021/11/09 11:43:47 kn Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2021 Antoine Jacoutot
.\" Copyright (c) 2011 Robert Nagy, Antoine Jacoutot, Ingo Schwarze
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: February 27 2021 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: November 9 2021 $
.Dt RC.D 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Pa /etc/rc.d
-directory contains shell scripts to start, stop, and reconfigure daemon
+directory contains
+.Xr ksh 1
+scripts to start, stop, and reconfigure daemon
programs
.Pq Dq services .
.Pp
.El
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
Daemon control scripts use a fixed number of
-.Xr sh 1
+.Xr ksh 1
variables when starting a daemon.
The following can be overridden by site-specific values provided in
.Xr rc.conf.local 8 :
.Xr pkill 1 .
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr ksh 1 ,
.Xr rc 8 ,
.Xr rc.conf 8 ,
.Xr rc.subr 8 ,