Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 17:23:35 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Moses Backman III <penguinjedi@home.com> Cc: Drew Tomlinson <drewt@writeme.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How to Get Program to Start Automatically Upon Boot Message-ID: <20001223172334.A48060@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <20001217202040.C674@cg22413-a.adubn1.nj.home.com>; from penguinjedi@home.com on Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 08:20:40PM %2B0000 References: <BA5D0CE1CBB2D411B6AA00A0CC3F02390AF774@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov> <20001217202040.C674@cg22413-a.adubn1.nj.home.com>
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On Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 08:20:40PM +0000, Moses Backman III wrote: > > On 2000.12.18 01:17:02 +0000 Drew Tomlinson wrote: > > I have added a program to my system and would like it to start > > automatically upon boot. I'm sure it's as simple as adding the program > > name to some startup script but I don't know where that would be. So > > what file do I need to modify? > > > > Thanks for your help! > > add to /etc/rc before the exit 0 line You shouldn't modify /etc/rc in any way, other than updating it from the sources at /usr/src/etc when you installworld. The proper way of starting things is: a) To add the shell code that fires up the program at /etc/rc.local This will be run by /etc/rc automatically when everything else has finished. b) To add a SysV-style script in the /usr/local/etc/rc.d directory called `program.sh' and let the system scripts start it with `start' as the first command line option at boot time. - giorgos To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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