Working with boot.local
 

Hello,

I recently added a line of code to my boot.local file which works perfectly, since it's a simple echo command.

However, what I'd also like to do within that file is something like the following:

#launch the asterisk console

./asterisk -r

# wait 10 seconds

wait 10

# type reload at the console prompt

echo reload

#hit the enter key to reload asterisk

enter


This is the functionality I require. I'm not sure if I'll need to put it into a script file and then run via symlink or whether I can put it in just as code.

I don't want to fool with it without asking first in case I mess something up.

Anyone have any input as the best way to do this?

Thanks!!

NiallC

I'm running on suse 10, but I just entered the command(s) that I wanted to run. Mine looks like this, I needed to add a resolution my bios does not support. Good luck!


#! /bin/sh
#
# Copyright (c) 2002 SuSE Linux AG Nuernberg, Germany. All rights reserved.
#
# Author: Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>, 1996
# Burchard Steinbild, 1996
#
# /etc/init.d/boot.local
#
# script with local commands to be executed from init on system startup
#
# Here you should add things, that should happen directly after booting
# before we're going to the first run level.
#

855resolution 5a 1280 768

What is asterisk? Does it require X? If it requires X then boot.local is definitely not what you want to edit.

Anyway, it is a very bad tactic to put "wait 10" in a boot script because your boot process will be automatically 10 seconds longer.

In addition, the syntax ./asterisk does not seem correct because you don't actually know if asterisk is in the working directory. (You don't even know the working directory). I suggest using full path.

Yes, I understand about the path, but is the rest of my syntax correct, would it actually work?

Well, you'll only know for sure if you try it!

It will probably work. There is nothing to be afraid of. Try it!
If it doesn't work, it will just throw some errors and continue.