[NBLUG/talk] executables to run at boot

[Sean]

Well, I tried what you suggested with rc-update, and that program does
what I was doing manually. If a script is in init.d, then you use
rc-update to assign it to a runlevel.

This is a binary, though, and not a script. So, just to clarify, I
should use vixie-cron to run it on startup?

Sean

On 7/25/06, Sean <seanvanco at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the reminder. I used rc-update the other week, now that you
> mention it.
>
> On 7/25/06, Tim C. Lewis <tclewis at oreilly.com> wrote:
> >
> > /etc/init.d/whatever should be a script calling #!/sbin/runscript.
> > the actual binary (if compiled) program should be in some normal system
> > location like /usr/sbin/.  you can add the "whatever" service to default
> > or boot runlevels with rc-update:
> > rc-update show;
> > rc-update add whatever default;
> >
> > for /etc/init.d/ file format, any of the ones in there already can serve
> > as an example.  if you have xinetd installed, its runscript script is
> > pretty simple on gentoo.  vixie-cron is another simple one.
> >
> > -tcl.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 25 Jul 2006, Sean wrote:
> >
> > > I am still somewhat new to Gentoo, and I have come accross a situation
> > > where I must install software that was originally inteded for another
> > > version (i.e. RedHat w/ kernel 2.4). I believe I have found what I
> > > need to do, but I need to double-ckeck my research.
> > >
> > > In order to have a program run at boot, I place the binary file in
> > > /etc/init.d, and then a symbolic link from /etc/runlevels/boot (or
> > > default) pointing to the binary file.
> > >
> > > Is this the proper way to handle it? My need to do this came from
> > > ./INSTALL attempting to configure the rc.d folders and permissions, so
> > > I need to set it up manually.
> > >
> > > Also, I am getting the errors "cannot execute binary file" and "...has
> > > syntax errors in it; not executing". Is that due to the fact that the
> > > file was compiled for another system? I read that it is possible to
> > > cross-compile, and I wanted to get you opinion.
> > >
> > > Thank you for your assistance.
> > >
> > >
> > > Sean
> > >
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