script wont run at startup

[tparnet]

Hi all,

I have script that I wrote that I want to run at startup. I read other postings and they say to place it in /etc/rc.d/ as well as to make it executable by chmod +x script_name.

I can run the script no problem from a command line, but when i reboot, it never runs. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks.

tparnet

[hobbes]

/etc/rc.d/ is the directory that stores the rc scripts. You can check /etc/inittab to find out which scripts are called at different runlevels (google it if you don't know it). Once you've decided exactly when you want your script to be run you can add it with something like this:

#Check for scripts existence, then run it
if [ -x /path/to/script.sh ]; then
  . /path/to/script.sh
fi

This article might help you too.

[tparnet]

Awesome! Works great. Thanks Hobbes!