KDE Autorun
 

i have a small bash script, that i would like to be runned everytime a user start his computer, and everytime before he shuts down


i thought of placing it in rc5.d and rc0.d
i made

but for some weird reason, it didnt work, and it worked, when i placed the same under .kde/Autorun under each users directory....

what am i missing here?
also, is there anyother way to run it in shutdown else than rc0.d ? as i might use Autorun in .kde if i can find somehow to run before shutdown



regards,
Achraf El Kashef

I think your skirpt needs a start (and a stop) method. something like:

You may have a look at the other scripts.

thanks,,
that worked fine...


but my script turned out to be a complete failuer.... as its being executed before anyone log in, and my script depend on the command "whoami" a lot...

so i think it will be better if i use with the Autorun folder in ~/.kde/

but i need to run it again at logout or before shutdown.... where can i add such action?

thanks

If your script follows System V arquitecture it can be called/stopped in rc* dirs. Check other scripts that may already be there and follow their structure.

However, it seems to me that the correct place to invoque your script might me from /etc/.bashrc or similar (system wide init scripts, wich are executed at login)

thanks for help...

i found out that if i create a directory called shutdown under ~/.kde/ it will execute anything in this dir.


so am now using
~/.kde/Autostart/ to execute at login
and
~/.kde/shutdown/ to execute when logout
and it's working fine now

thanks alot

Yes, assuming that you want to run/cleanup your script actions _only_ when your users use KDE.

I would go for ~/.bashrc , because it is independent of whether you use KDE, GNOME or other desktop manager. (but I cannot help you on the shutdown issue, regarding your whoami dependance)

regards