hello gale... 2002-07-18/11h, when Gale Stafford wrote: > I want debian to start pump when it boots up, so that I dont have to manually type "pump -i eth0" every time I boot my computer. I read this morning that I need to add a script to /etc/init.d for pump. Also I understand that I would need to create a link from that script to a file in my /etc/rc3.d/ directory, since I boot into run level 3. the simplest version would be to create a file /etc/init.d/pump which contains the following #! /bin/sh /sbin/pump --interface=eth0 then you should cd to /etc/rc3.d and create a link via: ln -s ../init.d/pump S99pump well, and that is it, basically. if you decrease the number behind the "S", e.g. S20pump, it will be started earlier in the boot process. this is perhaps wanted if you have other services which rely on a working network. you do not have to stop the "pump service" at shutdown, since it is not really a service or daemon. but if you have something special in mind with starting and stopping the whole pump-affair while running the system, you should take a look at the files in /etc/init.d to get an idea on how to make full-blown init-script. > Are there any good reading materials on the net that would help me write a script to start/shutdown pump? I'm new to script-writing. well, script-writing depends on the shell you are using. i guess, your shell is bash, so try the howto from the package doc-linux-text (apt-get install doc-linux-text) and read it via: zless /usr/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO.gz hth, myster sen
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