Re: [arch-general] Creation of startup scripts

2010-10-07 Thread David C. Rankin
On 10/06/2010 07:59 AM, Jeremiah Dodds wrote: man bash, and read the existing init scripts. the stuff in arch is, as far as i've seen, clean and well commented. bash scripting has a lot of quirky little edge areas though, so it can be hard to ease into. Chapters 7-9 of

[arch-general] Creation of startup scripts

2010-10-05 Thread Christian
Hi all, I am learning more and more about Linux, but I would like to learn how to create startup scripts for my programs, any good resource? Where should I start? Many thanks, Christian

Re: [arch-general] Creation of startup scripts

2010-10-05 Thread Ryan Williams
If you mean bash scripting, this is a good beginner's guide: http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashGuide Otherwise you will have to provide some more information on exactly what you want to do. On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 4:55 PM, Christian christia...@runbox.com wrote: Hi all, I am learning more and

Re: [arch-general] Creation of startup scripts

2010-10-05 Thread Johannes Held
Christian christia...@runbox.com: Hi all, I am learning more and more about Linux, but I would like to learn how to create startup scripts for my programs, any good resource? Where should I start? Many thanks, Christian Take some initscript from /etc/rc.d, copy and adjust it to your needs.

Re: [arch-general] Creation of startup scripts

2010-10-05 Thread Dan McGee
On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 3:55 PM, Christian christia...@runbox.com wrote: Hi all, I am learning more and more about Linux, but I would like to learn how to create startup scripts for my programs, any good resource? Where should I start? Many thanks, Christian Startup scripts are pretty

Re: [arch-general] Creation of startup scripts

2010-10-05 Thread Christian
Hi, On 2010-10-05 at 23:00 Johannes Held wrote: Christian christia...@runbox.com: Hi all, I am learning more and more about Linux, but I would like to learn how to create startup scripts for my programs, any good resource? Where should I start? Many thanks, Christian Take some initscript

Re: [arch-general] Creation of startup scripts

2010-10-05 Thread Christian
Hi, On 2010-10-05 at 16:02 Dan McGee wrote: On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 3:55 PM, Christian christia...@runbox.com wrote: Hi all, I am learning more and more about Linux, but I would like to learn how to create startup scripts for my programs, any good resource? Where should I start? Many thanks,

Re: [arch-general] Creation of startup scripts

2010-10-05 Thread Christian
Hi, On 2010-10-05 at 23:38 Johannes Held wrote: Christian christia...@runbox.com: I would also like to get started in creating aur packages. But this is bash scripts? Jep, nearly everything on ArchLinux is made via bash (exceptions are pacman and friends). Whether you want to crreate aur

Re: [arch-general] Creation of startup scripts

2010-10-05 Thread Johannes Held
Christian christia...@runbox.com: OK, just want to be sure if I want to create rc scripts I should read up on bash scripting? Hehe, that depends! If you need to do really complicated things - yes! If you simply want to start some program like you would from shell - no! -- Gruß, Johannes

Re: [arch-general] Creation of startup scripts

2010-10-05 Thread Ng Oon-Ee
On Wed, 2010-10-06 at 00:22 +0200, Johannes Held wrote: Christian christia...@runbox.com: OK, just want to be sure if I want to create rc scripts I should read up on bash scripting? Hehe, that depends! If you need to do really complicated things - yes! If you simply want to start some

Re: [arch-general] Creation of startup scripts

2010-10-05 Thread Christian
Hi, On 2010-10-06 at 00:22 Johannes Held wrote: Christian christia...@runbox.com: OK, just want to be sure if I want to create rc scripts I should read up on bash scripting? Hehe, that depends! If you need to do really complicated things - yes! If you simply want to start some program like