Startup script for debian

andrewthk · 03-22-2006, 05:47 PM

Hello,

All I need to do is type "fetchmail -d 600" to execute the fetchmail program. I just want it to start up automatically on system re-boot.
Is there are simple way of automating this without all the init.d script mumbo jumbo?

Thanks

IBall · 03-22-2006, 07:06 PM

As far as I know, just write a script called fetchmail in /etc/init.d:

Code:

#!/bin/sh
fetchmail -d 600

Then make a link in /etc/rcN.d (where N is the runlevel) like this:

Code:

ln -s /etc/init.d/fetchmail /etc/rc2.d/S99fetchmail

The "S99" part means to Start the script when entering this runlevel, and the 99 is a priority - lower numbers start first.

I hope this helps
--Ian

andrewthk · 03-23-2006, 12:48 AM

cheers man...really appreciate it.