Added rc0.d script does not run

y-man · 09-15-2013, 11:34 AM

Hi,

I am running Mint Maya 13 Mate version.

I have added the following script as "/etc/init.d/shutdownFsck".

Code:

#! /bin/sh
# /etc/init.d/shutdownFsck

case "$1" in
  start)
    touch /root/sdf
    /usr/bin/python /usr/local/sbin/shutdownFsck.py
    ;;
  *)
    echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/shutdownFsck start"
    exit 1
    ;;
esac

I have sym-linked it to /etc/rc0.d as S38shutdownFsck, which will run it just before umountfs. Since my purpose is to fsck big partitions during shutdown, and leave root partition fsck as is (done during boot), and my shutdownFsck.py unmounts then checks the partition(s) of interest this order seemed aprropriate for me.

Both shutdownFsck and shutdownFsck.py has some output in the /root so I can see that they ran, and what they have done.

My problem is that normal shutdown from the Mint menu never runs my script.

I can run it with "sudo /etc/init.d/shutdownFsck start", and get the expected results correctly and completely.

I am stumped, and somewhat suspicious that there might be an interaction with upstart init system. However I saw no .conf file for umount or fsck under /etc/init.

Any ideas to get this to run will be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

rtmistler · 09-16-2013, 11:07 AM

Shutdown script symbolic links start with "K" not "S", that is your problem.

For maintainability purposes, I'd name the script with a ".sh" extension.

y-man · 09-17-2013, 01:20 PM

Thanks.

Actually the links in /etc/rc0.d are a mix of K and S type:

Code:

$ ls /etc/rc0.d
K01mdm                     README           S38shutdownFsck
K10unattended-upgrades     S20sendsigs      S40umountfs
K20hddtemp                 S30urandom       S60umountroot
K20speech-dispatcher       S31umountnfs.sh  S90halt
K20virtualbox-guest-utils  S35networking

However, your comment made me think that may be regardless of link name they are all called with "stop".
I have experimented, and found that to be the case. All K and S links are called with "stop", and in the order of their numerical name-parts.

My script is now called, and does its work.

Thanks again.