need help adding program to boot sequence

[banditti]

I am running sarge as a server, no gui. I would like to have a program automatically start during the boot sequence so I can stop doing it manually. I guess that starting last is great since that is what happens now.


TIA

[BugFactory]

You can try to add the command line at the end of /etc/profile.

However, seeing my luck with Debian, it might or might not work.

Other file choices : /home/<account_name>/.bashrc
/home/<account_name>/.bash_profile

[dawgie]

I would like to have a program automatically start during the boot sequence so I can stop doing it manually. I guess that starting last is great since that is what happens now.

TIA

The startup scripts are in /etc/init.d
There is an example script called "skeleton"
You modify a copy or create a script file that starts your program(s) in /etc/init.d

The script could be as simple as:

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#! /bin/sh
# Some comments

/path/to/your/program

Make the script executable:

# chmod +x /etc/init.d/MyScript

Then automatically create the init symlinks:

# update-rc.d MyScript defaults 80