how does rc.local executes files

Aashika · 04-25-2015, 04:27 AM

I have called 3-4 files in rc.local, for eg say 1.sh, 2.sh, 3.sh. I just wanted to know that if it first calls 1.sh, will it parallely call 2.sh and 3.sh as well or wait for 1.sh to get completed and then execute 2.sh and 3.sh and so on.

I also wanted to know if 1.sh gives some error and does not execute, 2.sh and 3.sh will be called(executed) or not?

TobiSGD · 04-25-2015, 06:02 AM

rc.local is a shell script, so it will work like a shell script. Unless you haven't specified otherwise (for example using the & character) it will call the scripts in the order they can be found in rc.local, waiting for each one to return before calling the next. Also, unless you haven't implemented error handling it will call all the scripts, regardless of errors in previous scripts.