Hello,

There is a script I want to start everytime the computer reboots. I
tried putting it in /etc/init.d/rc but it prevents the machine from
entering runlevel3. I tried placing <@reboot "absolute path to script">
in /etc/crontab and the script didn't start. I also tried crontab -e as
root which had the same effect. The script runs in an endless loop
checking for files. Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks in advance

mostro713@gmail.com wrote the following on 8/22/2006 4:20 PM:

> There is a script I want to start everytime the computer reboots. I
> tried putting it in /etc/init.d/rc but it prevents the machine from
> entering runlevel3. I tried placing <@reboot "absolute path to script">
> in /etc/crontab and the script didn't start. I also tried crontab -e as
> root which had the same effect. The script runs in an endless loop
> checking for files. Does anyone have any ideas?

On my linux box I would try inittab with action __once__
Check "man inttab" more details on how to use it..

hope this s
--divakar

mostro713@gmail.com wrote:

> Hello,
>
> There is a script I want to start everytime the computer reboots. I
> tried putting it in /etc/init.d/rc but it prevents the machine from
> entering runlevel3. I tried placing <@reboot "absolute path to script">
> in /etc/crontab and the script didn't start. I also tried crontab -e as
> root which had the same effect. The script runs in an endless loop
> checking for files. Does anyone have any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance

Did you put a "&" at the end of the command in /etc/init.d/rc ? If not it
may prevent subsequent commands from executing.

Allistar.

Allistar wrote:
> mostro713@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > There is a script I want to start everytime the computer reboots. I
> > tried putting it in /etc/init.d/rc but it prevents the machine from
> > entering runlevel3. I tried placing <@reboot "absolute path to script">
> > in /etc/crontab and the script didn't start. I also tried crontab -e as
> > root which had the same effect. The script runs in an endless loop
> > checking for files. Does anyone have any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
>
> Did you put a "&" at the end of the command in /etc/init.d/rc ? If not it
> may prevent subsequent commands from executing.
>
> Allistar.


Ah, I will try running it as a background process and see what happens.


Thanks

mostro713@gmail.com wrote:
> Allistar wrote:
> > mostro713@gmail.com wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > There is a script I want to start everytime the computer reboots. I
> > > tried putting it in /etc/init.d/rc but it prevents the machine from
> > > entering runlevel3. I tried placing <@reboot "absolute path to script">
> > > in /etc/crontab and the script didn't start. I also tried crontab -e as
> > > root which had the same effect. The script runs in an endless loop
> > > checking for files. Does anyone have any ideas?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Did you put a "&" at the end of the command in /etc/init.d/rc ? If not it
> > may prevent subsequent commands from executing.
> >
> > Allistar.
>
>
> Ah, I will try running it as a background process and see what happens.
>

That did the trick! &

Thanks
>
> Thanks