Is there an equivalent of autoexec.bat in debian?

Akhran · 09-13-2005, 09:01 AM

Suppose I want to run a script automatically with each bootup, is there an equivalent of autoexec.bat file(Windows) in Debian?

Thanks.

yanik · 09-13-2005, 09:19 AM

The best way is to put your script in /etc/init.d/ (make sure it has the right permissions and that it is executable) and then use update-rc.d -n nameofscript defaults

This will make you script start at runlevel 2 to 5 and to stop at runlevel 0,1 and 6.

Is that what you were looking for?

Akhran · 09-13-2005, 09:27 AM

Thanks for your reply

I have a script called vmware-toolbox (comes with vmware) that I need to make it run automatically with each startup (runlevel 5). Assuming I only need to run it when my windows manager is running (fluxbox in this case), is the following command correct to start in runlevel 5 and to kill it in the rest of the runlevels?

Code:

update-rc.d start 99 5 . stop 10 0 1 2 3 4 6 .

If I do not need to terminate the process in runlevel 0,1,2,3,4,6, can I just run the following command?

Code:

update-rc.d start 99 5 .

Thanks !

Quote:

Originally posted by yanik
The best way is to put your script in /etc/init.d/ (make sure it has the right permissions and that it is executable) and then use update-rc.d -n nameofscript defaults

This will make you script start at runlevel 2 to 5 and to stop at runlevel 0,1 and 6.

Is that what you were looking for?

yanik · 09-13-2005, 09:43 AM

The default runlevel in debian is 2 tho. Runlevel 2,3,4 and 5 are the same.

You need the name of the script somewhere in there too, I think.

But does it depends on an Xsession? If so you might better use Xsession to start your script.

Akhran · 09-13-2005, 05:41 PM

I think it does need Xsession. How do I call a script from another(Xsession) ?

Thanks for your time

Quote:

Originally posted by yanik
The default runlevel in debian is 2 tho. Runlevel 2,3,4 and 5 are the same.

You need the name of the script somewhere in there too, I think.

But does it depends on an Xsession? If so you might better use Xsession to start your script.

yanik · 09-13-2005, 05:58 PM

I'm not sure, you'll have to experiment, but AFAIK, it goes like that:

Create an empty .xsession in your home dir.

Everything in there will be executed when starting X, so put in something like:

vmware-toolbox &

Assuming vmware-toolbox is in your PATH, if not, enter the full path to vmware-toolbox