• Registered: 2011-02-17
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Topic: Best place to launch a startup script?

I want run run a script that resumes interrupted downloads every time the Chumby reboots, but I don't want it to launch untill all the housekeeping chores (downloading Control Panel, scanning attached drives for media, etc) is complete.  I'm guessing I need to place the script in /etc/init.d or call it from one of the existing scripts.  Thanks

  • Ken
  • Ken
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Re: Best place to launch a startup script?

You can put it at the end of /etc/init.d/rcS.background, but since start_control_panel is forked, you may have a race condition between downloading/launching the control panel and whatever your script may be doing.

You could launch your script at the end of rcS.background and have the script block until both /tmp/flashheartbeat and /tmp/movieheartbeat have been created, which indicates that the control panel has been downloaded and is running.  This doesn't tell you whether the control panel has finished scanning attached drives, however.

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  • Registered: 2011-02-17
  • Posts: 14

Re: Best place to launch a startup script?

Thanks Ken, maybe I'll add a timer loop to give it time to finish scanning.