running a program from bootup

[SaltyDuke]

Hello!

i have several homemade scripts running on my SuSE Linux computer. They basically hang out in the backround and keep my computer from being lonley when i'm away

However, when my system goes down and i restart the computer i have to restart the scripts one by one!!

Now... i don't think that's any good! how do i get Linux to start these programs automatically on bootup? I know Linux can do this because i use inet.d (is that right) to start services like Apache, so how (where?) do i tell Linux to run my scripts?

any help woul be most appreciated!

thanx a million
TheSaltyDuke

 

[ericbrunson]

Take a look at the scripts in /etc/init.d. Copy one of them, edit it to suit your needs, put it back in /etc/init.d with a different name, then use chkconfig --add to add it to the boot sequence.

 

[RhythmAce]

If you have a bunch of scripts, you have a couple options. One is to use chkconfig as ericbrunson suggests or accomplish about the same thing by listing your scripts in /etc/rc.d/rc.local. This script gets read after all other init scripts have been started.

 

[SaltyDuke]

thanx a million!

i now have a "lazy-boot-up" system

AND i understand how Linux boots up...a double bonus!!


thanks again
TheSaltyDuke