On Sunday 14 September 2008 09:12:35 rex wrote: > Thank you! It worked! > > So, what does that & mean? > > - Rex > > Clifford W. Hansen wrote: > > On Sunday 14 September 2008 08:35:13 rex wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> I have a script that launches a program. If I launch this program > >> manually, it keeps on running in the shell. It is a webserver, so I > >> need it running all the time. However, if I exit the shell, it kills > >> the webserver. > >> > >> I tried putting links to it in the rc0.d, rc1.d etc to make it start > >> during startup, but it keeps on going during startup and never starts > >> the other services. > >> > >> here is my script in /etc/init.d/coldfusion > >> > >> #!/bin/sh -e > >> sAppName="ColdFusion 8" > >> sUser=cfuser > >> COLDFUSION_HOME=/opt/jrun4 > >> case "$1" in > >> start) > >> echo "Starting ${sAppName} as user $sUser..." > >> su ${sUser} -c "$COLDFUSION_HOME/bin/jrun -start instance01" > >> exit 0 > >> ;; > >> stop) > >> echo "Stopping ${sAppName}..." > >> su ${sUser} -c "$COLDFUSION_HOME/bin/jrun -stop instance01" > >> ;; > >> restart) > >> echo "Restarting ${sAppName}..." > >> su ${sUser} -c "$COLDFUSION_HOME/bin/jrun -restart instance01" > >> ;; > >> status) > >> su ${sUser} -c "$COLDFUSION_HOME/bin/jrun -status instance01" > >> ;; > >> *) > >> echo "usage: /etc/init.d/coldfusion {stop|start|restart|status}" > >> exit 1 > >> esac > >> exit 0 > >> ###### EOF > >> > >> When I run #/etc/init.d/coldfusion start, it displays the startup > >> messages, until it hits: > >> > >> 09/13 23:31:40 info Deploying EJB "JRunSQLInvoker" from: > >> file:/opt/jrun4/lib/jrun-comp.ear > >> Server instance01 ready (startup time: 23 seconds) > >> > >> and then the program/cursor is just there, waiting... forever... > >> > >> It does not exit. If this was in the startup, I would never get to the > >> user login. > >> > >> And, if I press Ctrl-C, then the program terminates, but then webserver > >> is dead. > >> > >> Any suggestions please? > >> > >> Thanks! > >> > >> - Rex > > > > Rex, > > > > I'm not sure if there is a better way to do this, but you could try > > adding a & at the end of the start line: > > su ${sUser} -c "$COLDFUSION_HOME/bin/jrun -start instance01" & > > > > HTH
It's used to background a process see: http://www.google.co.za/search?q=linux+job+control&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a http://linuxreviews.org/beginner/jobs/ But I agree with Tzafrir, use the start-stop-daemon program. If anything it sounds better than backgrounding a process. And thank you Gabriel I belive you are correct the & should be before the " and not after it... ;) HTH -- Thank you, Clifford W. Hansen PHP Developer / Linux Administrator (Cell) +27 82 883 8677 (Fax) +27 86 503 0634 (E-Mail) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (MSN) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (GPG) 0x936D6C19 "We have seen strange things today!" () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments
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