I put script file path in inittab file to start script...........and it works.... <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 8:12 PM, Christopher L. Barnard <<a href="mailto:cbarnard@rush.edu">cbarnard@rush.edu</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Put it in /etc/rc2.d. Or put "startDMS" in /etc/init.d and then create the symlink in /etc/rc2.d that points S97startDMS -> ../init.d/startDMS. -- <div class="im">Christopher L. Barnard --------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment your code as though the maintainer will be a homicidal maniac who knows where you live. </div><div><div></div><div class="h5">On Wed, 2010-06-30 at 18:54 +0530, Pravin Uttam Kharat wrote: > HI, > > > > I couldn't understand in this procedure. > I have a created a script in vi S97startDMS. This contains following > line > /opt/DMS/ctlscript.sh start > Now where to put this script to run at start up. > > > Thanks > > > > > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 8:48 PM, Bill Watson <<a href="mailto:bill@magicdigits.com">bill@magicdigits.com</a>> > wrote: > On Tue, 2010-06-29 at 10:44 +1000, Cameron Simpson wrote: > > On 28Jun2010 10:16, Christopher L. Barnard > <<a href="mailto:cbarnard@rush.edu">cbarnard@rush.edu</a>> wrote: > > | On Mon, 2010-06-28 at 15:08 +0530, Pravin Uttam Kharat > wrote: > > | > I have RHEL 5 I installed Bitnami Joomla on it.I want to > configure a > > | > startup script which run that script when RHEL 5 Machine > start and > > | > automatically shut down machine on mentioned time. > Please suggest any > > | > tool for this...... > > | > > | [ Excellent description of the SnnFOO script scheme... ] > > | You can put it all in one script, and that is much easier > for other > > | individuals to understand what you are doing. For > 'start', the script > > | is called with the command line parameter of "start". > Likewise 'stop' > > | is called with the command line parameter of "stop". So > just switch on > > | the command line parameter and you can put the script > in /etc/init.d > > | with a symlink to /etc/rc2.d/S****** and > to /etc/rc0.d/K****** > > > > And for your second requirement, have the "start" script use > the "at" > > command to schedule a run of the "stop" script at a suitable > time. > > Only if you want the script to be alive for a finite time. If > the need > is for the app to start gracefully on system startup and stop > gracefully > on system shutdown, then 'at' should definitely not be used. > If it > should run for oh, say, the first 17 hours after powerup, then > yes the > at command should be used. > > -- > Christopher L. Barnard > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Comment your code as though the maintainer will be a homicidal > maniac > who knows where you live. > > > ************** I had to leave this tag line - it's too good! > The source stated to start with the machine start and end at > "on mentioned > time". If the mentioned time is other than the machine shut > down time, then > a crontab entry calling the "K50scriptname stop" would do > well. > > Also it seems that the "RedHat" way to do rc#.d these days is > to place the > file without Snn or Knn into /etc/init.d with the following > lines at the > top: > #!/bin/bash > # > # chkconfig: - 91 35 > # description: stuff this script does comment here > > The 91 is the starting sequence within rc2.d (S91) and the 35 > is the > stopping sequence in rc0.d (K35) and the 91 and 35 are > adjustable to your > needs as long as they are 2 digits each. > > Then > chkconfig --add scriptname > chkconfig scriptname on > > ^^^^ The above is from memory and to be taken with a grain of > salt, lemon, > and tequila. Hope this helps. > Bill Watson > <a href="mailto:bill@magicdigits.com">bill@magicdigits.com</a> > > > > _______________________________________________ > rhn-users mailing list > <a href="mailto:rhn-users@redhat.com">rhn-users@redhat.com</a> > <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users</a> > > > _______________________________________________ > rhn-users mailing list > <a href="mailto:rhn-users@redhat.com">rhn-users@redhat.com</a> > <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users</a> _______________________________________________ rhn-users mailing list <a href="mailto:rhn-users@redhat.com">rhn-users@redhat.com</a> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users</a> </div></div></blockquote></div>