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I would like to run a command or script on every shutdown or startup, or maybe both, could someone point me in the right direction please?...
- 03-15-2009 #1Just Joined!
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Start up/shutdown
I would like to run a command or script on every shutdown or startup, or maybe both, could someone point me in the right direction please?
- 03-15-2009 #2Linux Newbie
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rc.local is the customary place to put start-up scripts.
Shutdown scripts work better if you call the shudown via /sbin/shutdown inside another script rather than trying to rewrite shutdown itself. I.E don't try to edit shutdown, write a script that contains the commands you want run and place /bin/shutdown at the end of it. (the very end) then call shutdown through the script.
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Where is rc.local? If I create it, where do I put it?
- 03-15-2009 #4Linux Newbie
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It's located in /etc.
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How you do this depends on the distro - and the runlevel you want it to run at.
What distro are you using?If we hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate! (Zapp Brannigan)
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Sorry folks, I usually post in SUSE forums got out of the habit:
I use openSUSE 11.1 (kde 3.5)
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