I want to run /home/myuser/go.py
How do I make that run in the background, everytime my linux machine boots up?
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1general what-happens-on-ubuntu-startup here: superuser.com/questions/151330/ubuntu-control-the-init-startup ... this might be "close enough" to consider a duplicate.– quack quixoteJun 22, 2010 at 19:46
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Simple way
You can add this script into /etc/rc.local file (before exit line), e.g.
/home/myuser/go.py &
Where & at the end will run the script in the background.
Make sure that you've execution flags. To test it, simple run from the terminal:
sh /etc/rc.local
You can put a script in the /etc/init.d/ directory (eg: /etc/init.d/go.py) for anything you want to run at bootup time.
http://www.debian-administration.org/article/Making_scripts_run_at_boot_time_with_Debian
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9I prefer
/etc/rc.localas you do not need to change the run-level links. Jun 22, 2010 at 19:05 -
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2Perhaps you should add this as a separate answer so it can be voted up? Jun 22, 2010 at 20:48
There are many ways to do this (depending on which distribution of linux you are using there are different tools that are offered).
The easiest way is simply adding the script to /etc/init.d and then running the command
chmod +x go.py
update-rc.d go.py defaults
If you already set up the service, you may also do so via the chkconfig command (that is if the command is available).
In that case, this command should work:
chkconfig --level 35 go.py on
Check out THIS WEBSITE, more specifically the "Using chkconfig to Start Daemons at Each runlevel" and "Using sysv-rc-conf to Start Daemons at Each runlevel" sections.
cron has a special @reboot option that allows for this. Nice and simple.
A normal cron task might be:
* * * * * /path/to/app
A @reboot cron task might be:
@reboot /path/to/app
