I have added some commands which are executed on startup by editing /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh.

Now I want to add some commands to be executed on shutdown. How do I do this?

Specifically, I want to copy my .mail folder, my bookmarks folder and my addresses folder to a backup partition each time the computer is shut down. Then, about once a week (or perhaps every other week) I want to copy some other files to a backup location.

Thanks

What distribution are you using?

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Steve Stites

Most distros use a rcX.d structure these days. Make your
shutdown script, and stick a symlink in rc0.d and rc6.d,
with a KXX-name ...


Cheers,
Tink

Sorry, should have put that in the original post

Debian Etch upgraded to sid.

Debian is one of the distributions which use the rcX.d structure for init levels as Tinkster said. /etc/rc0.d contains symbolic links to scripts executed at halt and /etc/rc6.d contains scripts executed at reboot. Create your scripts someplace where you won't lose them when you do a reinstall and put symbolic links in /etc/rc0.d and /etc/rc6.d to your scripts.

The scripts in these folder are run in alphabetic order. You will need to put your scripts near or at the beginning. If you put them at the end the machine will halt or reboot without executing your scripts.

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Steve Stites

Thanks..got it working...may need some help with the script later, though.