From nobody Sat May 04 17:26:21 2024 X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4VWvjS3bdzz5JFWZ for ; Sat, 4 May 2024 17:26:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mout.kundenserver.de (mout.kundenserver.de [217.72.192.74]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (P-256) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mout.kundenserver.de", Issuer "Telekom Security ServerID OV Class 2 CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4VWvjR6pXfz4qRN for ; Sat, 4 May 2024 17:26:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=edvax.de; s=s1-ionos; t=1714843592; x=1715448392; i=freebsd@edvax.de; bh=bIIllIhpopsWq6y/ayHY3/c6WRI2Tb2Ukic4mTT1BTg=; h=X-UI-Sender-Class:Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-Id:In-Reply-To: References:Reply-To:Mime-Version:Content-Type: Content-Transfer-Encoding:cc:content-transfer-encoding: content-type:date:from:message-id:mime-version:reply-to:subject: to; b=aMVtrE1uXdnQrxW94uEsvC8ahMg2V6edehZxlvZSEIyzZYIvv8Jy6Qezvc4YNYft GdeHqZxOoZKgMA3fMy7Y/zMfYoH2opcRr6O09SV2TmwVzqNQcE7MpoKm+XWWV/+ys biwjFWTTeSdcY9ZMz4LIhAMbdBF05DQqI72yo4TPYZNuGKvYNFO82MjeTDXR7hKif H1MnkdWkxmiFOpBbtKF/RFoCzdw2CUJTWuB7jtPM66RssoPL/puzhE65smUVpd+OS o6t27/rZnLaG6ji6L5EsrFF63DkTYpKPJoQ1SHcfDLK4ntGD7orHXHCn8Au4yDYKn gfTvYc+QnPtXUAk5EQ== X-UI-Sender-Class: 55c96926-9e95-11ee-ae09-1f7a4046a0f6 Received: from terra.edvax.de ([178.12.36.244]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue107 [213.165.67.113]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 1N0nOF-1soxZ703iX-00wphO; Sat, 04 May 2024 19:26:32 +0200 Received: from r56.edvax.de (r56 [10.200.1.11]) (authenticated bits=0) by terra.edvax.de (8.17.1/8.17.1) with ESMTPA id 444HQQJ6006727; Sat, 4 May 2024 19:26:26 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Sat, 4 May 2024 19:26:21 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Polarian Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Best way to run command on system start Message-Id: <20240504192621.29315b02.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20240504150814.06c6c13c@PolarianBSD> References: <20240504150814.06c6c13c@PolarianBSD> Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:nR6nTwc824Tbczs085nSvHhO9eYc7T5fUFkLnSG4byadxYG12nc fDJ3IRUZ78eYunTcL3AlpaawfKH/xP/2msdmSqXnhqkOlD8tZq1JCq3FdXIKnMOdYwv8lxb V0n+blRZYjlON810uMViXjDeXxT+QukT6ssgYKQ2YiRCAN+i14OkLltjXfezisV8P7NQfMQ n9Oft5HHLMUkGO/6ei+Qw== X-Spam-Flag: NO UI-OutboundReport: notjunk:1;M01:P0:CtOqAYfsJEQ=;9W3AWOem0wV7qKx/t+gQpNdAvPK BrmEFl61D7WekfJpuwH8vjJyeRrpe488jKmUXytXTbZgGJw+CY064x7iy6zF2H3dtUb0+ftG4 eRn4h1DGQXjVsuKgJML5kY11hc+kL5Rwjc2Xd0vUNILDZsbPas/X1E9+rws7vSDdkW8f68o6Y pOvKqP2sQR9mTyYfmOyw7J4B8BgzoPTn9VKO9QsTEWAFW+YIbllv6vh4hsgey0jBUBkNb1BcH 2fvku6isiQkXncmMZOe6yhfgFbjAFeB/EAUeZHe524ok2AtVdBxjZOqES2Nj1SXJOil+IUZq9 1WpQi5v/ZsFfmDuuQQghh5BRZjipBYxlwCQURczocJN2nDHrsi6W317zP+WjLp+afogVRGUEQ NT2ilarcVS/Rw49pTaAPbFYH2nzZfdxJl9/FodNliPOwLWOq2me44uhJmGeBfZnQbR+cfmJId S6un+gJzrzo9hEjKfmqiZXwga0ro8tFCaytPeA+qG1zkoyv4e5KN9av2c/pNMoTsNiUYcyqr5 HrfVbRCQtsE0RDKNlyOr+nVic/NaIgVeEAGbXypgqgJVxEzPHWtf//YBK/bk/YbQzk1r4eKXH dmyhvC59Fu0fF2S2RyRXcwEmjORW3m1EFRfoi+0qwYOXMir8LN9lRTxu15Zsq8RKsTfUahUCO a1YilNUekF1Zov7OgMQSmD+YPjStqVuuT2B+CAokdkPfGrncBMqCiupB9gOGxqIKPX4QXAQO5 HNfZBKpcdNO3CA5Ao6pnvtfD0U4msNXZOMDWl8OxshdrvAB3wHbp4A= X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:8560, ipnet:217.72.192.0/20, country:DE] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4VWvjR6pXfz4qRN On Sat, 4 May 2024 15:08:14 +0100, Polarian wrote: > [...] > I have read the forums and seen suggestions of using a rc service to > set the backlight on boot, however there must be a better way to do > this. Yes, a rc.d-style script is the recommended solution, but if everything you need to execute is just one simple command at system boot time, create /etc/rc.local and place it there, with full path. A typical /etc/rc.local would start with: #!/bin/sh if [ -z "${source_rc_confs_defined}" ]; then if [ -r /etc/defaults/rc.conf ]; then . /etc/defaults/rc.conf source_rc_confs elif [ -r /etc/rc.conf ]; then . /etc/rc.conf elif [ -r /etc/rc.conf.local ]; then . /etc/rc.conf.local fi fi This allows you to add custom options to /etc/rc.conf or /etc/rc.conf.local, and your own scripts can benefit from the defaults in /etc/defaults/rc.conf, if that's needed. It can then contain your commands, like echo -n " backlight" /usr/bin/backlight 50 It will print a "description" of the current task and then execute it. If you have more than one of such tasks, the console output will look like this: Starting local daemons: activity startsound parallel. But as it has been mentioned, /usr/local/etc/rc.d (or maybe even /opt/rc.d) is the proper thing to do if you need to run something more complicated. =2D- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...