In Debian the apps that need to be started at the boot time have their startup scripts in /etc/init.d . Have a look at few of the scripts(perhaps mysql, apache2 or gdm) to make it more clear. Which apps are actually started at the boot time depends on the runlevel you are starting in. For a runlevel the startup scripts are actually run from /etc/rcX.d (X being the name of runlevel). If you are starting in the runlevel 5, scripts will be read of /etc/rc5.d .
The general concept is to put the startup script in /etc/init.d and put a symlink in the corresponding rcX.d directory. Here steps the update-rc.d command. It is used to manage the symlinks in the rcX.d directories. You may like to read this small post http://www.debian-administration.org/article/Making_scripts_run_at_boot_time_with_Debian. Another command that is used with the /etc/init.d startup sctipts is invoke-rc.d . Read man page for update-rc.d and invoke-rc.d for more help. I might be wrong in stating this: With rc.local make sure that the script returns 0. This implies that any script you want to run from rc.local must be started in background( perhaps script& ). Also putting a script in rc.local guarantees execution in all the runlevels. On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 6:57 PM, Shivaraj M S <shivraj...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On debian /etc/init.d is the directory for common user startups. > http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-customizing.en.html > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://old.nabble.com/how-the-file-rc.local-and-command-update-rc.d-are-related-tp27573314p27575057.html > Sent from the BangPypers - Bangalore Python Users Group mailing list > archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > BangPypers mailing list > BangPypers@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > -- Anurag Priyam 2nd Year,Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur. +91-9775550642 _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
