topic Re: Problem with a startup script in Operating System - HP-UX

Problem with a startup script

Chuck Dennis_2 — Thu, 23 Mar 2000 08:00:09 GMT

I am have a problem with a startup script that I have created to start in run
level 3. The script works fine when I transition from run level 2 to run level
3, but when I re-boot the system the script runs and then ends. In the startup
script I a starting another script in background (that I want to stay active).
See that attached code example.

Thanks for any help you can offer.

Re: Problem with a startup script

Chris Anoruo_1 — Thu, 23 Mar 2000 08:43:45 GMT

Hi chuck,

Place the startup link file in /sbin/rc3.d directory and ame it appropriately.
It will enable the file to start in run level 3.
I hope this will help.

Cheers!

Re: Problem with a startup script

Fernando Santana — Thu, 23 Mar 2000 08:53:11 GMT

Hi, just put "nohup" for no hangup before the program
you want to stay up running. The process will be adopted by init and your start
script would exit and
leave it running.

nohup /opt/rnic/bin/rnicd 1>/opt/rnic/log/rnic.log 2>&1 &

Re: Problem with a startup script

Chuck Dennis_2 — Thu, 23 Mar 2000 09:42:18 GMT

I have tried putting nuhup in and got the same results. The script died when rc
finished. Also the startup file is the last script run in rc3.d .

Thanks

Re: Problem with a startup script

Fernando Santana — Thu, 23 Mar 2000 11:22:07 GMT

When you manually go from run level 2 to 3 as
the root user, your environment is set differently. There might be env.
variables that need to be set in order to run that aplication. Try to find out
what they are, set and export them before running your nohup line. If you
can't point them out, run the entire roots .profile before the nohup line.

ex: ". /.profile" #run on current shell.

Good Luck!!!

Re: Problem with a startup script

Sachin Patel_2 — Thu, 23 Mar 2000 11:57:28 GMT

If it is script then how about if you run this under cron
* * * * /opt/rnic/bin/rnicd 1>/opt/rnic/log/rnic.log 2>&1

Sachin