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hi, if i want the daemon to start automatically (without fail) whenever the system boots up, what changes do i need to make to your skeleton code? and also, if ...
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Starting a daemon automatically?
hi, if i want the daemon to start automatically (without fail) whenever the system boots up, what changes do i need to make to your skeleton code? and also, if my daemon is written in perl or python, can i start it automatically? thanks!
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Most varieties of Linux use the System V setup for initialising the system. You put your daemon start/stop script in /etc/init.d or /etc/rc.d/init.d (the exact location varies) and symbolic links to it in the startup directories for the levels you want it to run at. So if you want the daemon to run at levels 2 and upwards, put links into rc2.d, rc3.d and so forth.
If you have a look at these directories, you'll see what the link files need to be called and what typical startup scripts look like.
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You could edit your boot levels!
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Oh wait nvm. I did not read the rest of hazle's post lol that is correct though. I have wasted internet, how shall I punish myself?
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Starting a daemon automatically
For perl scripts as a daemon, please see the way I did it in: "Adding an Automatic Dynamic DNS Update Daemon to Fedora-9". Jim
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