Delete File On Boot 1

[TamedTech]

Hello Guys,

I have a file which I want to delete as early on in the boot process as possible, before I have a particular application started in the inittab file.

Whats the best way to achieve this? I've tried kick starting a shell script from the top of the inittab file which was meant to remove it, but it didnt seem to work.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Rob

 

[saikee]

Can you not delete it by a Live CD without booting up the system in the hard disk? If the file reappears it may be a system-generated file and that may not be removable.

 

[geirendre]

How about placing the file in the /tmp directory?
It should be cleaned out at bootup.

http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/tasks/mkdir3.1.html

Or why not delete the file at shutdown?

 

[TamedTech]

Hello guys,

Thanks for the response. Placing the file in the TMP directory appears to have worked for me perfectly! The file cant be deleted on shutdown as its an embedded platform and the system rarely goes through a proper 'shutdown' process, the plug is simply pulled on it.

Thanks guys!

Rob

 

[thedaver]

If you had the ability to use a bootable distribution you could have cooked files on the drive without having the native distro/apps running. However, you mentioned embedded so there may have been other considerations. Glad you're out of the woods.

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