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macvillage.net · Apr 13, 2003, 05:03 PM

Anyone know how to get a perl script to run on startup as root? It runs indefinately. I tried using:

Code:
#!/bin/sh
#
# *********************************************************************
# **                /Library/StartupItems/PerlScript/Script          **
# *********************************************************************
# **                                                                 **
# **  To configure script to launch: as root, edit the file          **
# **    /etc/hostconfig  After the SCRIPT entry, add this line:      **
# **    SCRIPT=-YES-  You can easily change this entry to enable     **
# **  or disable the Script whenever you like.                       **
# **                                                                 **
# **                                                                 **
# *********************************************************************
#

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
#  Include system wide configuration options
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
. /etc/rc.common


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
#  Start script
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
if [ "${SCRIPT:=-NO-}" = "-YES-" ]; then

        ConsoleMessage "Starting SCRIPT"

        /usr/bin/perl /path/to/script.pl -option

fi

then for StartupParameters.plist

Code:
{
        Description             = "script loader";
        Provides                = ("script");
        Requires                = ("Resolver");
        OrderPreference         = "None";
        Messages                =
       {
                start   = "Starting Script";
                stop    = "Stopping Script";
       };
}

But this all resulted in the system hanging indefinately on startup.

The script never ends, it runs with no output as a process. it should do that... but the system should just leave it running in the background to do it's work.

Any ideas?

Mithras · Apr 13, 2003, 05:27 PM

Add & to the end of the line calling your script, to run it in the background:

Code:
/usr/bin/perl /path/to/script.pl -option &

macvillage.net · Apr 13, 2003, 09:02 PM

Originally posted by Mithras:
Add & to the end of the line calling your script, to run it in the background:

Code:
/usr/bin/perl /path/to/script.pl -option &

Is this all seriously that simple?

Thanks.