startup and shutdown script

Hi Jon
if you need to launch some script during startup or shutdown you need to add script into folder /etc/init.d
and then you need to add soft link (with command 'ln -s' ) in folder related with automatic script. Those are /etc/rcX.d where the 'X' is a number between 0-6. And their meanings depending on os. For example in Debian and like Debian you'll have:
rc0.d --> Halt ( Shutdown )
rc1.d --> Single-user mode
rc2.d --> Multi-user mode without networking
rc3.d -->
rc4.d --> Full Multi-user mode
rc5.d --> Multi-user mode with GUI startup
rc6.d --> Reboot

I think that /etc/init.d/README can helps you so well then me.

Antonio

Ok, I think I'm following... basically the script is going to save the state of the random pool on shutdown, and another one will read it back in on startu, so I think I see the ones I add for shutdown, that would be 0 and 6, however, unsure for startup.

For startup depend, but I think that for you can add it in rc1.d ( this for example is called when you start os in recovery mode )
Or if you have an graphics interface after startup you could add it at rc5.d (This for example isn't called when the os start in recovery mode).

Thank you for the help.