rc.local not start at the boot

[Angelo Moreschini]

Hi
first of all I thank all those who have tried to help me.
Now I have lost hope that this problem is currently solved by me.
So I made a link to a command that * MANUALLY * starts the file
/etc/rc.d/rc.init,;  I can run this command via a graphical icon using Gnome
interface.


This can be sufficient for my needs, at present ...

Perhaps, increasing my experience, I will be able to find a better solution in
the future.

Thanks mostly to Ed

Regards

Angelo

On Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 10:12 PM, Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com> wrote:

> Angelo Moreschini wrote:
>
>> I would say that this thread is the continuation of a my preceding thread
>> :
>>
>> “selecting some kind of files using the resync command”
>>
>>
>> There I got help in order to make the backup of some my critical files.
>>
>> Now I am able to backing up these files using a shell script from the
>> line command.
>>
>> But I would like also that this backup runs automatically when the
>> computer boots.
>>
>>
>> I know that this task is performed by the rc.local file, in Linux.
>>
>> Ed Greshko gave me a link about an announcement of Fedora concerning
>> rc.local ....
>>
>> there is wrote :
>>
>> - - - - - - - - - -
>>
>> The |/etc/rc.d/rc.local| local customization script is no longer included
>> by
>> default. Administrators who need this functionality merely have to create
>> this
>> file, make it executable, and it will run on boot.
>>
>> - - - - - - - - - -
>>
>>
>> After I read this announcement, I create the the file rc.local and I made
>> it
>> executable:
>>
>> [angelo_dev at zorro rc.d]$ ls -l /etc/rc.d/rc.local
>>
>> -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 1262 Oct 27 12:18 /etc/rc.d/rc.local
>>
>>
>> But, doing some tests, I saw that the scripts stored inside rc.local not
>> run at
>> boot, ...on my computer.
>>
>>
>> I would like to have some advice concerning the way to manage tests, in
>> order to
>> understand because the content of rc.local is not executed at the
>> start... and
>> toobtain thatscripts run atthe boot
>>
>>  Having followed the thread as of the time of this message, a few
> comments about scripts and such.
>
> 1 - redirection
>   You don't need to do separate redirects to put everything in the same
> place,
>   exec &>/tmp/rc.local.log
>   will do it, and make it clear what your doing. Interestingly, if you are
>   running from a terminal, you can "echo foo >&0" and still write the
> terminal
>   as long as STDIN is the terminal.
> 2 - directories
>   When you run a command, script or not, you may not be in the directory
> you
>   expect, or have the right PATH. When running from rc.local, you will be
>   starting as root (unless you use su) in /root, using the root PATH.
>   The trick is to force a login as yourself:
>     su -c 'My cmd1; My cmd2' >My_log_optional - My-username
>   This will get you in your usual login directory, PATH, and UID.
> 3 - more on directories and PATH
>   when you run a command with the 'batch' or 'at' commands, they
>   start in the current directory, and in most cases the current
>   PATH and UID.
>
>   Sometimes when I create working files, logs, command output, I want
>   to save for a few days. I use the 'at' command to delete them in a few
> days
>   so I leave less clutter if I don't use them. Starting in the current
>   directory is a benefit if you remember it will happen.
> 4 - logging
>   For crying out loud use the damn logger command to log stuff like
>   rc.local:
>     logger -t rc.local Started
>     # or on commands, use || to log fails:
>     My_cmd1 || logger -t rc.local "My_cmd1 exit with $! status"
>     # and when done:
>     logger -t rc.local "Complete, reached end"
>   Then you have a trail in the system log which you can find:
>     grep rc.local /var/log/messages
>   You can still put errors from a command in a file of its own, if
>   that provides documentation, but the note in the log remains you
>   it failed.
>
> Hope this is going to help the original problem and some others as well.
>
>
> --
> Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com>
>   "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
> the machinations of the wicked."  - from Slashdot
>
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