How to run a command on boot? CentOS and Ubuntu

Joker

I have a .sh file that need to be run every time after restarting OS so is there a way to make it possible on every start up instead of me running the file through command line each time i restart the VPS?

current command i use is: (after getting into that folder)

./myfile.sh run

how can i make it automatic so with every restart it runs automatically?

century1stop

you restart so very often? lol

how bout chkconfig?

Joker

Yes i restart very often and i don't want to run the command every time lol i am a bit lazy

stackmutt

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=rc.local is what you're looking for.

Joker

@stackmutt thanks can i use rc.local to stop the script before shutdown as well? or there is no chance of getting my app file or database corrupt if i shutdown/restart it before running the stop command.

for stop i use:

./myfile.sh stop

stackmutt

afaik you'll need to go the chkconfig or the like route if you want 'proper' behaviour.

Aene

What about adding:

@reboot /path/to/script.h

to your crontab?

nexusrain

Or what about
mv script.sh /etc/init.d/script chmod 755 /etc/init.d/script update-rc.d script defaults

This should run the script on every system startup.