output to console from init script

[msacks]

Hello,
I am trying to figure out a way to output some information to the
console (system boots to runlevel 3) from an init script.

Here is what I've tried:
add echo "$SOMEINFO" into the init script and pipe it to wall, and put
that in the init script.

This doesn't seem to work, I was thinking of outputting to motd to
achieve this, but wondered if anyone knows a better way.
Perhaps using the at command?

[Cameron Simpson]

On 29Nov2010 11:42, msacks <ntwrkd(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
| Hello,
| I am trying to figure out a way to output some information to the
| console (system boots to runlevel 3) from an init script.
| 
| Here is what I've tried:
| add echo "$SOMEINFO" into the init script and pipe it to wall, and put
| that in the init script.
| 
| This doesn't seem to work, I was thinking of outputting to motd to
| achieve this, but wondered if anyone knows a better way.
| Perhaps using the at command?

Perhaps by writing to the console?

  echo blah >/dev/console

Just a thought...
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[Rick Stevens]

On 11/29/2010 11:42 AM, msacks wrote:
>  Hello,
>  I am trying to figure out a way to output some information to the
>  console (system boots to runlevel 3) from an init script.
>
>  Here is what I've tried:
>  add echo "$SOMEINFO" into the init script and pipe it to wall, and put
>  that in the init script.
>
>  This doesn't seem to work, I was thinking of outputting to motd to
>  achieve this, but wondered if anyone knows a better way.
>  Perhaps using the at command? 
Er, make sure you have a rule in your /etc/rsyslog.conf that outputs
to the console, then use logger(1) to send the message, e.g.:

(in /etc/rsyslog.conf:)

	local5.*		/dev/console

(in script:)

	logger -p local5.info This is message text

should result in

	date-time hostname root: This is message text

on the console.
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