[gentoo-amd64] Re: how to best run a script at boot

[Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>]

Daniel Iliev <danny@ilievnet.com> posted
20070715103658.3A50E9521D@mail.ilievnet.com, excerpted below, on  Sun, 15
Jul 2007 13:36:57 +0300:

> AFAIK the places intended for that purpose are "/etc/conf.d/local.start"
> and "/etc/conf.d/local.stop" for starting and stopping custom programs
> at boot and shut down time respectively. So, you may want to put that
> line in "/etc/conf.d/local.start"

I'll third the idea.  I've been using local.start to run a couple scripts 
of my own for some time.  It "just works" as they say.  Just add the 
"local" service to your default or whatever runlevel, and it'll start and 
stop anything you add to the conf.d local.st(art|op), without having to 
setup a whole fancy service.

The only caveat is that local is the last thing started and the first 
thing stopped, so if you need something started earlier or stopped later, 
you have to change things a bit.  I'd still recommend starting with the 
local service, however, and going from there, since it's tested, and 
future changes will be done with it in mind, so it's less likely to break 
with future updates than something you create entirely on your own.

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