rc local Vs Init Tab

[logic4fun1]

All,

I would like to touch a file at a particular location before even init tab fires up in the case of a reboot of the box.

How and what should i use to get this accomplished.

thanks for your help
logic

 

[Annihilannic]

You could try (at your own risk!) adding a second line like:

[tt]si::sysinit:/etc/rc.d/bcheckrc[/tt]

to /etc/inittab. I'm not sure how it would handle multiple 'si' entries though, you may end up with an unbootable system, so keep your rescue boot-disk handy!

Annihilannic.

 

[Annihilannic]

Oops, forgot to modify it:

[tt]si::sysinit:/bin/touch somefilename[/tt]

Annihilannic.

 

[QatQat]

Annihilannic, Would that do it "before inittab fires up"?

And a question to logic4fun1; why would you want to do it before inittab?

I was going to suggest to write a bash script and put it into init.d, but inittab still fires up before all init.d scripts in order to determine the runlevel.


I am not sure weather it can be done and I am very not sure weather it is a wise thing to do.



Cheers

QatQat

Life is what happens when you are making other plans.

 

[Annihilannic]

QatQat, no, it wouldn't do it before init fires up... but I don't think you would be able to do anything before init starts without modifying the kernel.

Adding a line to the top of rc.sysinit would probably be the simplest method.

I agree, it's a strange requirement.

Annihilannic.