[ubuntu-uk] Running apps at startup.

[Tom Bamford]

Scrase, Eddie wrote:
>> I remember when I used Mandriva you were able to
>> get apps to 'autorun' by adding the run command to
>> a file which was something along the lines of:
>>
>> /etc/initrd/rc0
>>
>> I see Ubuntu has similar files so if I wanted to
>> have an application run at startup which file should
>> I edit and add the command to?
>>     
>
>
> Having just had to do this on my system, I'd like to share what I learnt with those that might not already know.  The steps are:
>
> 1. Create your script file.  There is a template file (/etc/init.d/skeleton) that you can use, although (as what I was doing was trivial) I didn't bother using it myself.  All I did was add the line #! /bin/sh to top of the script and checked that parameter $1 was set to be "start".
>
> 2. Copy your script to /etc/init.d. and then use the update-rc.d command to install it.  Adding the remove parameter to this command will uninstall your script.
>
>   
Can't you just add the commands you want to /etc/rc.local ?

Tom

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