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ln /etc/init.d/script_name /etc/rc#.d/S##script_name
For Linux:
Use ln -s to create symbolic links from the script name to the appropriate
run control (rc) directory, rc# where # is the run level. Use syntax like the
following:
ln -s /etc/init.d/script_name /etc/rc#.d/S##script_name
When you type the command to create this link, add an uppercase “S” and
a two-digit sequence number preceding the name of the script file. “S”
indicates a start-up file. The sequence number is necessary because files in
the rc directory are executed in order of their numbers. This file should be
executed last, so you should use a sequence number that follows all
existing numbers in ASCII order.
You can perform an ls command on the rc directory to view existing
sequence numbers. For example:
ls /etc/rc3.d/S*
returns:
/etc/rc3.d/S10syslog
/etc/rc3.d/S15nfs.server
/etc/rc3.d/S21rfs
If your script is named sybstart, type the following:
ln /etc/init.d/sybstart /etc/rc3.d/S77sybstart
In this example, you can use any number greater than 27 in place of 77.
For Linux:
You can perform an ls command on the rc directory to view existing sequence
numbers. For example:
ls /etc rc5.d/S*
returns:
/etc/rc5.d/S12syslog
/etc/rc5.d/S14nfslock
/etc/rc5.d/S27ypbind
and so on. If your script is named sybstart, type the following:
ln -s /etc/init.d/sybstart /etc/rc5.d/S99sybstart
In this example, you can use any number greater than 27 in place of 99.