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What will happens if i put scripts inside /etc/init.d ?

Hi !

Will they be executed at boot ?

Why not give it a shot and find out? Create this file:

init_test

Code:

#!/bin/bash

touch ~/init_file

Put it in /etc/init.d/

Quote:

Originally Posted by Linux.tar.gz (Post 4612079)

Hi !

Will they be executed at boot ?

Not unless they are called by another script that's part of the init chain. See /etc/inittab

The init.d directory (in Slackware, "/etc/init.d" is a symlink to "/etc/rc.d/init.d") has nothing to do with "/etc/inittab".

If you add scripts to init.d they will have to be called with a "start" or "stop" parameter by start- and kill commands which you place in the runlevel directories like "/etc/rc.d/rc3.d" or "/etc/rc.d/rc4.d".
This is all initiated by th SysV rc script "/etc/rc.d/rc.sysvinit".

Eric

Perfect ! Thanks ^^.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alien Bob (Post 4612287)

The init.d directory (in Slackware, "/etc/init.d" is a symlink to "/etc/rc.d/init.d") has nothing to do with "/etc/inittab".

If you add scripts to init.d they will have to be called with a "start" or "stop" parameter by start- and kill commands which you place in the runlevel directories like "/etc/rc.d/rc3.d" or "/etc/rc.d/rc4.d".
This is all initiated by th SysV rc script "/etc/rc.d/rc.sysvinit".

Eric

Which is called by /etc/rc.d/rc.S, /etc/rc.d/rc.K, /etc/rc.d/rc.M, /etc/rc.d/rc.0, and /etc/rc.d/rc.6, all of which are called by the appropriate entries in /etc/inittab.

Plus nothing prevents you from placing a script in /etc/rc.d/init.d and calling it directly from one of the "normal" init scripts.