Chapter 28. Run level scripts
If you want an application, service or script process to start automatically when the system comes up, or to close down properly when the system is rebooted, you need to create a run level script. All but one of the LINUX variants now have the System V-based run level configuration directories, as do other kinds of UNIX.
As most systems have this type of configuration, this is what we will cover, but if you do not have run level directories, do not worry. You can still start up applications automatically; we will discuss this method later on in this chapter.
In this chapter we will cover:
run levels;
how to create rc.scripts;
how to implement rc.scripts with different run levels; and
how to start applications from ...
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