Re: [android-porting] running a script from init.rc

2012-04-25 Thread sathish kumar
follow how debuggerd service is called. it will work. and add oneshot On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 6:16 AM, HV harishv.athr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, I'm trying to initiate a script as a service from init.rc (running ICS), but it doesn't seem to work. Here is what I have:

Re: [android-porting] running a script from init.rc

2012-04-25 Thread HV
Hi Kumar, debuggerd is an executable, but what i'm trying to run is a script, so it's not exactly the same Thanks HV On Tuesday, April 24, 2012 11:35:27 PM UTC-7, kumar wrote: follow how debuggerd service is called. it will work. and add oneshot On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 6:16 AM, HV

[android-porting] Re: running a script from init.rc

2012-04-25 Thread Chris Stratton
On Tuesday, April 24, 2012 8:46:39 PM UTC-4, HV wrote: Hi All, I'm trying to initiate a script as a service from init.rc (running ICS), but it doesn't seem to work. Here is what I have: service my_sh /system/bin/sh ./system/etc/my.sh Why are you staring what looks to be an

Re: [android-porting] running a script from init.rc

2012-04-25 Thread Harish V
Hi Matthias, Thanks for your response. I got the syntax sorted out now: service my_sh /system/etc/my_sh.sh class main #user root #group root oneshot With this, I do see the service kicking in. The next challenge is how do I get the script to work. Say if I want to cd