hi,

i have some .sh files which i want to run automatically once i login.....how do i go about this? i am new to linux so pls explain in detail if possible....

thanks a lot

Regards.

If you're talking about a graphical login, put them in ~/.xprofile. If you're talking about the shell, put them in ~/.bash_profile.

i am not sure
but do u think cron would help

or could u run the progs every time u are abt to log out save the session
and next time when u login the saved session will run..

anyway i will get back with the most apt answer shortly

thanks for the quick replies.....am using the shell so will check the ~/.bash_profile

if i schedule the jobs with cron then i need to use the command

crontab {filename}

but instead i want the scripts to run when the comp starts.......and keep running until comp shuts down.....

also just wanted to know if i can run them using inittab? if so how? I thot that if i can put it in the file /etc/rc.d/rc3.d then it will run on start up but there doesnt exist any file called rc3.d in the folder /etc/rc.d ....

pls advice.....

type:
su
<ur root password>
cp /where u placed it/scriptname.sh /etc/init.d
ln -s /where u placed it/scriptname.sh /etc/rc3.d/S99scriptname
ln -s /where u placed it/scriptname.sh /etc/rc6.d/K99scriptname