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hey guys.. iam a newbie when its coming to bash scripting.. and stuff. i just started to learn it recently and i love it..
but this is my question.. i have made up my scripts.. but i want them to be executed upon bootup... now which startup file is good to edit so i can put my script ( i wont be putting the actual code in.. i will just be simply adding this line "./myscript" )
Distribution: RH 6.2, Gen2, Knoppix,arch, bodhi, studio, suse, mint
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The last one run for the system is /etc/rc.d/rc.local for many distributions, but not for debian.
If you want them run for a specific user at login, put them in .bashrc or similar in the user's home dir. If you want them run for all users at login then /etc/profile or similar.
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