how to make a startup script to copy files
 

hello,

how do you make a startup script on a red hat linux server that will copy all of the LPT* files (ex. LPT3, LPT7, LPT9) from /u/sting/devbackup to /dev?


thanks in advance,
david

You wouldn't really need a whole script for that, it could be done with just the following lines added to your boot scripts:

Though to be honest, you should probably be looking into getting udev to create the files properly, or some other method of automatic generation.

On RH, the 'local' startup script you should use to customize startup is
/etc/rc.local
just add to the end of that.

all: thank you for your quick replies and help. I've added the line to the end of /etc/rc.local and will see if it works the next time I can reboot the server (it's used constantly, so I'm not sure when I can reboot to test it).

what is the udev/automatic generation that MS3FGX referred to?

thanks,
david