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Old 11-16-2003, 04:45 AM   #1
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Question How to run script on startup

How do i go about running a script when linux starts up.
And can anybody point me to some reading material on Cron and how it works.

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Old 11-16-2003, 05:45 AM   #2
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Re: How to run script on startup
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How do i go about running a script when linux starts up.
Check out the init scripts.
http://www.linuxnetmag.com/en/issue6/m6inits1.html
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And can anybody point me to some reading material on Cron and how it works.
man cron
man 1 crontab
man 5 crontab
 
  


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