[NBLUG/talk] executables to run at boot

[Tim C. Lewis]

you should either write your own /etc/init.d/ script to start/stop your 
program, using /etc/init.d/vixie-cron as a template for it, or if you just 
want it started on boot but don't care about stopping/restarting it with 
gentoo scripts, you can just add the program command to 
/etc/conf.d/local.start, and make sure local starts during the bootup 
sequence:
rc-update add local default

-tcl.


On Tue, 25 Jul 2006, Sean wrote:

> 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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