Ubuntu Upstart Job Configuration

upstart-job.conf

# /etc/init/testjob.conf

# Two basic stanzas that define purpose of job script and who created it
description "A test job file for experimenting with Upstart"
author "Ben Cooling"

# Run after system services and processes have already loaded (to prevent any conflict)
start on runlevel [2345]

exec echo Test Job ran at  `date` >> /var/log/testjob.log

# Run this command to check sytax
# init-checkconf /etc/init/testjob.conf

# sudo service testjob start
# cat /var/log/testjob.log