Load .sh file on Linux Ubuntu startup
 

Hey guys,
I wanted to do this a long time ago, but I guess I just forgot. But now when it's 6 AM and I have to wait until my server will reboot - Well, kind of annoying....
So. I have a .sh file, which contains Shell commands. I basically created one, so when server starts up, I wouldn't have to type all commands my self, but just type ./startup.sh and everything would ok.
So. I'm accessing my server ( Ubuntu 6.10 ) through PuTTy, and I Was wondering - if there is a chance, to add the startup.sh file to Autostart.

Thank you.

Not sure what you mean by "autostart" but if you want a bash script to run at login then you can put it in your ~/.bash_profile file. Or if you need it for all users then in /etc/profile file. If you have questions about this just ask.

Thanks,
James Glenn
www.thedonkdonk.net

If you mean on system startup there are two easy ways I can think of off of the top of my head.

a) Add a call to the file in the file to /etc/rc.local
b) Call the file as a cronjob by using the command "crontab -e" and the "time" of @reboot .

I.E

This article will help you achieve your goals. Basically you need to copy startup.sh to /etc/init.d and rename it to startup. After that do "update-rc.d startup defaults" so that its automatically run at boot up.