[NEWBIE] Help with Bashscript for Google Cloud VM instance.

anon130 · 03-05-2020, 07:09 AM

//Startup Script
#! /bin/bash
yum -y update

su csgoserver -c "./csgoserver update"
su csgoserver -c "./csgoserver start"

//Shutdown Script
#! /bin/bash

su csgoserver -c "./csgoserver stop"

Is there a way for me to cd into "/home/csgoserver" at the beginning so i can get this script to work. Thanks. Im not entirely sure about this script

BW-userx · 03-05-2020, 07:16 AM

yeah add "cd /home/csgoserver" in your script where you need to go into that dir without the quotes then see what that does for you. then if no, then go into trouble shooting mode to find out why it doesn't then came back and let the others try to help you figure it out if you cannot.

(I'll let someone else tell you about code blocks)

boughtonp · 03-05-2020, 07:20 AM

Firstly, wrapping [code] tags around your scripts makes the post easier to read. (That's the # icon on the toolbar.)

Quote:

Originally Posted by skye7777

Is there a way for me to cd into "/home/csgoserver" at the beginning so i can get this script to work.

Yes, you can do exactly that - put cd /home/csgoserver at the beginning, and separate it from the following command(s) with either a ";" or with "&&" if you only want the second command to execute when the first command succeeds.

Alternatively, you can specify the --login option - as per the su man page one of the four things this does is "changes to the target user's home directory".

anon130 · 03-05-2020, 07:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BW-userx

yeah add "cd /home/csgoserver" in your script where you need to go into that dir without the quotes then see what that does for you. then if no, then go into trouble shooting mode to find out why it doesn't then came back and let the others try to help you figure it out if you cannot.

(I'll let someone else tell you about code blocks)

Im sorry about not following rules. Im familiar with normal linux commands, is it possible to type linux commands directly into bash?

BW-userx · 03-05-2020, 08:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skye7777

Im sorry about not following rules. Im familiar with normal linux commands, is it possible to type linux commands directly into bash?

that is the moto. if you can do it on the command line then you can do it in the script. that is a good thing, because all you need to do is open a terminal work out the commands then add them into your script. then of course still do test runs before production.