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Old 12-10-2008
Executing a command at startup
Hey all,

How do I execute a file at startup automatically.

From what I've read is that I need to put it into my .bashrc file. I'm not sure where to go from there. Can I just type commands into that and they'll run next time I restart my server?

Right now I have added these lines:

cd SmartFoxServer_PRO_1.6.2/Server/
./start.sh

I don't want to restart my machine until I know this is correct...

Thanks,
Nathan
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Old 12-10-2008
Your question is somewhat confusing. Are you talking about when you login or when your system is booted up? They are two entirely different scenarios.
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Old 12-10-2008
Well, I suppose it would be for login as it needs to run a shell script that starts a server program. If either would work, I would like to use the easier approach.

Thanks for the response,
Nathan
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