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Trobule figuring out why a script won't run at system startup

Hi,

Below is the Linux flavor I’m using

Code:

uname -a

Linux mydomain.org 3.82.95-13.77.amzn1.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Dec 3 21:29:43 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

I’m trying to get a script to run when I reboot my Linux instance (sudo reboot now). I have created this script in /etc/init.d/start_tomcat with +x permissions ..

Code:

#!/bin/sh



sh /home/davea/install/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/bin/startup.sh

and created shortcuts to this script at /etc/rc2.d/start_tomcat, /etc/rc3.d/start_tomcat, /etc/rc4.d/start_tomcat, and /etc/rc5.d/start_tomcat . I can run the script (sudo sh /etc/init.d/start_tomcat) just fine on a command line, but when I reboot my system, the script isn’t getting run (nothing in my Tomcat logs and the server is not started). How can I figure out what is happening when Linux is attempting to run this script?

in rcX.d there is a naming convention you need to follow. All the scripts should start with an upcase S followed by two digits, so probably you need to rename start_tomcat to S45start_tomcat (or similar)

Yup that's it! (Can't figure out how to mark these things as solved).

Glad to help you

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