Subj : Re: How do I start a process at boot time?
To   : comp.os.linux
From : noone
Date : Sun Sep 26 2004 08:51 pm

"Arne S. Löfgren" <arne.s.lofgren@telia.com> tried to express:
> Hello!
> 
> How do I start a process at boot time? I just want to run a Perl-script 
> which handles my webcam. I made I command file calles "wcamd" and put it in 
> /etc/rc.d/rc.local, but it does not start. This is so simple in Windows, 
> just put it in AUTOEXEC.BAT, but how do I do it in Linux (Fedora Core 2)? I 
> have set permissions to 755 on both files.

rc.local is a BSD startup file.  I believe most, if not all Linux
distros now use the AT&T SVR4 startup files in /etc/rc.d/rc?.d where
? is the runlevel that the task should start/stop in.

Read the  documentation for you distro.



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