Linux startup script

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mister_v
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Linux startup script

Post by mister_v »

Hi,

How do I make sure that a script is run when a server is started of restarted ?

/home/me/scripts/this.sh
chris
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Re: Linux startup script

Post by chris »

There are several ways to run a script on startup/reboot on linux.

My favorite : Crontab

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sudo crontab -e
@reboot /home/me/scripts/this.sh

Another way to do it,
local.d scripts at boot time, add its init.d script to the default runlevel.

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Enable local.d Scripts
rc-service local start
and then create you own script in /etc/local.d/:

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nano /etc/local.d/myService.start
You can also create you own service,
But that is a bit more complicated.
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