topic Re: startup scripts locations in Operating System - HP-UX

startup scripts locations

Jeff Hagstrom — Wed, 12 Feb 2003 20:21:17 GMT

9000/k460 HPUX-11.00
There is a startup script that is called by UNIX when a machine is coming up that calls our database startup script. What scripts are run at the start up process that would be after the rc#.d files?

Re: startup scripts locations

Jeff Schussele — Wed, 12 Feb 2003 20:25:25 GMT

Hi Jeff,

All scripts are located in /sbin/init.d & have standard descriptive (hopefully) names. Then the scripts in rc2.d, rc3.d, etc are linked back to these init.d scripts & named so that there is order in their startup.
Scripts starting with "S" are start scripts. If they start with "K" they're stop (kill) scripts. The numbers following the S or K are what control the start/stop order.
The scripts that are run are in the /sbin/rcX.d directories, so start you're search there.

HTH,
Jeff

Re: startup scripts locations

A. Clay Stephenson — Wed, 12 Feb 2003 20:25:28 GMT

Essentially none if you are in a high rcN.d file although there could be an entry with a 'once' or 'sysinit' tag in /etc/inittab. Man inittab for details.

Re: startup scripts locations

Helen French — Wed, 12 Feb 2003 20:26:11 GMT

The startup rc scripts are in /sbin/init.d directory. You can find the rc links in /sbin/rcX.d.

Re: startup scripts locations

Marco Santerre — Wed, 12 Feb 2003 20:27:07 GMT

Usually, what you will find in the /sbin/rc#.d are links that starts with S (for startup) or K (for when you shutdown). They will link to a script located in /sbin/init.d (usually). Probably what you are looking for is a link in the rc3.d that links to a /sbin/init.d script for your database.

Re: startup scripts locations

James R. Ferguson — Wed, 12 Feb 2003 20:30:04 GMT

Hi Jeff:

An excellent (still valid) overview of everything you ever wanted to know about the 'rc' startup paradigm is found here:

http://docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/os/startup.pdf

Regards!

...JRF...

Re: startup scripts locations

melvyn burnard — Wed, 12 Feb 2003 20:31:07 GMT

take a read of
/usr/share/doc/start_up.txt
This should explain it all

Re: startup scripts locations

Iain F. Brown — Wed, 12 Feb 2003 20:31:40 GMT

If you check /etc/rc.log it will show you all the scripts that are invoked at startup. Maybe entries in /etc/inittab have been added to start the database.

Iain

Re: startup scripts locations

Jeff Hagstrom — Wed, 12 Feb 2003 21:04:20 GMT

ONE OTHER PLACE IS IN THE:
/sbin/rc file