Custom service used to run own script when system boots

README-service.md

SysV custom service

Service starts when system boots and executes actualitzat.sh.
If the file /root/paquets exists, its content is passed by parameter to actualitzat.sh.

sysVservice.sh

#!/bin/bash
#Autor: Carlos Martínez

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          ex1
# Required-Start:    $remote_fs $syslog
# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog
# Default-Start:     2 3
# Default-Stop
# Short-Description: Script que s'executa al bootejar i comprova si existeix un fitxer
# Description:       ...
### END INIT INFO
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin
NAME="ex1"
SCRIPT="/home/milax/Documents/GitHub/gsx-lab0/actualitzat.sh"
case "$1" in
    start)
        log_daemon_msg "Starting periodic command scheduler" "ex1"
        if [ -e /root/paquets ]; then
    
            PARAMS=`cat /root/paquets`
            $SCRIPT $PARAMS
        else
        logger "El archivo /root/paquets no existe."
        fi
        log_end_msg $?
        ;;
    stop)
        log_daemon_msg "Stopping periodic command scheduler" "ex1"
        ;;
    restart)
        $0 stop
        $0 start
        ;;
esac

exit 0