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| Jimmie 2004-10-20, 8:57 pm |
| Hi,
So I created a program called foo, and i want to run foo when linux
starts up, how do i go about doing this? Im using slackware.
Jimmie Barnett
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| Fletcher Glenn 2004-10-20, 8:57 pm |
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Jimmie wrote:
> Hi,
> So I created a program called foo, and i want to run foo when linux
> starts up, how do i go about doing this? Im using slackware.
>
> Jimmie Barnett
You need to make an entry in one of the /etc/rc?.d directories where ?
is a single digit integer.
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Fletcher Glenn
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| Jim Cochrane 2004-10-20, 8:57 pm |
| In article <cf6cc6cc.0410201546.ff4501@posting.google.com>, Jimmie wrote:
> Hi,
> So I created a program called foo, and i want to run foo when linux
> starts up, how do i go about doing this? Im using slackware.
>
> Jimmie Barnett
One common method - read up on /etc/init.d and /etc/rc.d, directories that
hold scripts that are run on start-up.
--
Jim Cochrane; jtc@dimensional.com
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| Jem Berkes 2004-10-20, 8:57 pm |
| > So I created a program called foo, and i want to run foo when linux
> starts up, how do i go about doing this? Im using slackware.
Very easy with slackware, just insert the command into
/etc/rc.d/rc.local
Make sure full paths are specified to everything.
--
Jem Berkes
http://www.sysdesign.ca/
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| Jim Cochrane 2004-10-21, 3:58 am |
| In article <Xns9588C907C52A3jbuserspc9org@130.179.16.24>, Jem Berkes wrote:
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> Very easy with slackware, just insert the command into
> /etc/rc.d/rc.local
Except if the command is a binary executable, in which case you'll need to
write a script to run the command and put the script into .../rc.local
..
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Jim Cochrane; jtc@dimensional.com
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| Jem Berkes 2004-10-21, 3:58 am |
| >>> So I created a program called foo, and i want to run foo when linux
>
> Except if the command is a binary executable, in which case you'll
> need to write a script to run the command and put the script into
> .../rc.local .
Why do you say that? rc.local itself is a shell script (you'll see
#!/bin/sh at the top). You can run other shell scripts or binaries directly
out of there.
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Jem Berkes
http://www.sysdesign.ca/
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| Jim Cochrane 2004-10-21, 3:58 am |
| In article <Xns9588CDA727A5jbuserspc9org@130.179.16.24>, Jem Berkes wrote:
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> Why do you say that? rc.local itself is a shell script (you'll see
> #!/bin/sh at the top). You can run other shell scripts or binaries directly
> out of there.
>
Oops, I was thinking about the /etc/rc?.d directories and forgot that
rc.local is a script, not a directory. Of course, one can start up a
binary executable by inserting instructions into rc.local to start it up.
I meant that one cannot put a binary into, e.g., /etc/rc4.d/ as a means to
have it started automatically. Instead, a script must be used to start it
up - either rc.local or a fresh script that gets placed into the
appropriate /etc/rc?.d directories.
Sorry about the confusion.
--
Jim Cochrane; jtc@dimensional.com
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| Lew Pitcher 2004-10-21, 3:58 am |
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Fletcher Glenn wrote:
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> Jimmie wrote:
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> You need to make an entry in one of the /etc/rc?.d directories where ?
> is a single digit integer.
Sorry, but slackware doesn't have /etc/rc?.d directories. It has one directory
called /etc/rc.d, and scripts in that directory. The scripts are called
rc.0, rc.M, rc.gpm, rc.keymap, rc.netdevice, etc.
To the OP, add your program to the /etc/rc.d/rc.local script
- --
Lew Pitcher
Master Codewright & JOAT-in-training | GPG public key available on request
Registered Linux User #112576 (http://counter.li.org/)
Slackware - Because I know what I'm doing.
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| Jim Cochrane wrote:
> I meant that one cannot put a binary into, e.g., /etc/rc4.d/ as a means to
> have it started automatically. Instead, a script must be used to start it
> up - either rc.local or a fresh script that gets placed into the
> appropriate /etc/rc?.d directories.
The OP uses slackware, which uses BSD-style init. This means /etc/rc?.d
directories are not used, nor present on a slackware system.
Heiko
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| Jim Cochrane 2004-10-21, 4:03 pm |
| In article <41779eb9$0$568$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl>, Heiko wrote:
> Jim Cochrane wrote:
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> The OP uses slackware, which uses BSD-style init. This means /etc/rc?.d
> directories are not used, nor present on a slackware system.
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> Heiko
Thanks for the correction.
Does that mean that the only way on a Slackware system to have init
start a process when the system starts up is to modify rc.local to do it?
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Jim Cochrane; jtc@dimensional.com
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| Lew Pitcher 2004-10-21, 4:03 pm |
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Jim Cochrane wrote:
> In article <41779eb9$0$568$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl>, Heiko wrote:
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> Thanks for the correction.
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> Does that mean that the only way on a Slackware system to have init
> start a process when the system starts up is to modify rc.local to do it?
No.
A Slackware sy m could
a) change /etc/rc.d/rc.local, or
b) change the appropriate, already existing /etc/rc.d/rc.* file, or
c) add a sysV style rc file, or
d) change /etc/inittab
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Lew Pitcher
IT Consultant, Enterprise Data Systems,
Enterprise Technology Solutions, TD Bank Financial Group
(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employers')
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| Måns Rullgård 2004-10-21, 4:03 pm |
| Jim Cochrane <jtc@shell.dimensional.com> writes:
> In article <41779eb9$0$568$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl>, Heiko wrote:
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> Thanks for the correction.
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> Does that mean that the only way on a Slackware system to have init
> start a process when the system starts up is to modify rc.local to do it?
Recent slackware versions have a /etc/rc.d/rc.sysvinit script that
runs things in /etc/rc?.d for compatibility.
Incidentally most distributions using sysv-style scripts also have
/etc/rc.local, to make it simpler to add minor things to run at
startup, without requiring an entire rc?.d script.
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Måns Rullgård
mru@mru.ath.cx
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| Jim Cochrane 2004-10-22, 3:57 pm |
| In article <yw1xk6tju9yh.fsf@mru.ath.cx>, Måns Rullgård wrote:
> Jim Cochrane <jtc@shell.dimensional.com> writes:
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> Recent slackware versions have a /etc/rc.d/rc.sysvinit script that
> runs things in /etc/rc?.d for compatibility.
Thanks to you, and Lew, for filling me in on this.
> Incidentally most distributions using sysv-style scripts also have
> /etc/rc.local, to make it simpler to add minor things to run at
> startup, without requiring an entire rc?.d script.
Yes, I knew that, but I didn't know (if I'm taking your implication
correctly) that rc.local was a BSD-style construct.
Thanks.
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Jim Cochrane; jtc@dimensional.com
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| Rich Teer 2004-10-22, 3:57 pm |
| On Fri, 22 Oct 2004, Jim Cochrane wrote:
> Yes, I knew that, but I didn't know (if I'm taking your implication
> correctly) that rc.local was a BSD-style construct.
Yes, rc.local is indeed from BSD.
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