Executing commands on startup and shutdown

From: Adam Bowns (adam-bowns_at_ntlworld.com)
Date: 09/02/03

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    Hello everyone,

    I have been trying to execute a command on startup, then a different
    command on shutdown. So far I have had success with executing the
    command on startup, but for some reason, via the exact same method I
    cannot execute the command on shutdown. Here's what im doing: -

    I have the a file names dns-client in my /etc/rc.d/init.d/ directory
    containing the following.

    ---------------------
    #!/bin/sh
                                                                                    
    . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
                                                                                    
    case "$1" in
      start)
            echo -n "Starting dns-client: "
            /usr/bin/dns-client-up
            echo
            ;;
      stop)
            echo -n "Shutting down ddclient: "
            /usr/bin/dns-client-down
            echo
            ;;
      *)
            echo "Usage: dns-client {start|stop}"
            exit 1
    esac
                                                                                    
                                                                                    
    exit 0
    ---------------------

    then i have symlinks to this file in my rcX.d dirs, with S's where i
    want the start part of the case statement to execute, and K's where i
    want the stop part of the case statement to execute, here is an example
    of my rc5.d symlink

    S96dns-client -> ../init.d/dns-client

    The starting of the client is working fine so there is no need to bother
    with that, but this is what i have in my rc6.d directory

    K02dns-client -> ../init.d/dns-client

    and my rc0.d directory

    K02dns-client -> ../init.d/dns-client

    As far as I can tell this should execute the stop part of the case
    statement when the system enters runlevel 6 or 0... but its not, its as
    if nothing happens, no errors, nothing... the system just shuts down as
    normal. btw, all file permissions are the the same as the other files in
    those dirs.

    Have I got it all wrong or should this setup work ?

    Thanks in advance,
    Adam Bowns
    http://www.bowns.co.uk 

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