Re: running at boot time & signals

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maria wrote:
> Ah, beautiful. I used "wait", instead of "respawn", because I just
> want it to run once and then quit. But it's working perfectly. Thanks
> so much!

FWIW, "wait" makes init wait until the process ends.

You probably want "once", which allows init to proceed with the
remainder of inittab while the process in question is running (like
"respawn"), but does not rerun the process when it terminates.

As in
c1:1235:once:/bin/su - username -c /path </dev/tty1 >/dev/tty1 2>&1
or
1:2345:once:/local/bin/open -c 1 -l -w -- /local/sbin/dummy

You can read the manpage for inittab(5) ("man 5 inittab") for details on
what "respawn", "wait", and "once" do, along with the alternatives.

HTH
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Lew Pitcher, IT Specialist, Enterprise Data Systems
Enterprise Technology Solutions, TD Bank Financial Group

(Opinions expressed here are my own, not my employer's)
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