startup script

[Mario_88]

Hello:

In a startup script, can we launch a command in background.

$PATH/process &

Regards,
Mario.

[Bharat Katkar]

Yes ... you can
Regards,

[Manish Srivastava]

Hi,

You can do that. Add the command in the rc scripts in /sbin/rc[0 1 2 3].d

manish

[Sanjay Kumar Suri]

Definitely. You can.

sks

[Fabio Ettore]

Hi Mario,

yep, in general you can do it.
Anyway two questions sting my curiosity:
1. why do you want to insert a process in a startup script?
2. what is the process?

Anyway it is dangerous to modify startup scripts of the system, as long as you have a your customized startup script under /sbin/init.d.

Best regards,
Ettore

[Mario_88]

Hello:

The process is Patrol, and I am asking this because the init script is not working when the system is rebooted although it works perfectly if I execute it when the system is up.

Regards,
Mario.

[Sanjay Kumar Suri]

Is the configuration parameter for the script in /etc/rc.config.d directory suitably set?

sks

[Jan Sladky]

Hi Mario,

You can do that and check it in /etc/rc.log

br Jan

[Fabio Ettore]

Hi,

as Jan said you can see /etc/rc.log in order to know what's going on init script.

That can help you.

Please let us know if you solve the problem. It can be useful for future reference. And, not for last, please don't forget to assign points for guys that helped you.

Thanks for your collaboration.

Best regards,
Ettore

[Michael D'Aulerio]

Mario,

I have some startup scripts that launch background processes and then exit. I found that they didn't always execute properly. What worked for me was to nohup the process, e.g.

nohup ${PATH}/process &

This sends all its output to the rc.log file so you may want to consider:
nohup ${PATH}/process >$out_file 2>&1 &

Mike