no just avoid using ${name} in the command.
name is just a label used for creating unique variable names you can
use in rc.conf, it doesn't have to match any binary.
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Thanks we're getting closer but some thing's still hinky!
rd1# /usr/local
On Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:00:11 +0200
Kaya Saman wrote:
> name="xmms2launcher"
> rcvar=`set_rcvar`
> command="/usr/local/bin/${name} -u kaya"
> ...
> So if I can't add the - does this mean that I have to create a link
> to xmms2-launcher with name xmms2launcher??
no just avoid using ${name} in the
Many thanks for the tips I am almost there but have a problem now!
This is the output I get:
./xmms2launcher stop
./xmms2launcher: WARNING: cannot read shebang line from
/usr/local/bin/xmms2launcher
xmms2launcher not running?
From my current file:
rd1# cat xmms2launcher
#!/bin/sh
# PROVIDE:
On Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:23:40 +0200
Kaya Saman wrote:
> So far I have modified the script to look like this:
>
> #!/bin/sh
You may need a PROVIDE LINE e.g.
# PROVIDE:xmms2launcher
> . /etc/rc.subr
>
> name="xmms2-launcher"
You can't use "-" in shell variable names, so you shouldn't use
Hi guys,
I'm just attempting to create a startup script for Xmms2 so that the
service can autostart on boot!
So far I have Google'd around and found very little, the most promising
site was this:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/rc-scripting/rcng-daemon.html
which gives a script of t
