Re: {bb} This is a basic question.

[sjh@harmony.cc.purdue.edu]

No. runbb.sh runs "forever" once started. Depending on your os put a
startup line in the boot scripts, e.g.: 

[for Solaris]

/etc/rc3.d/bb -> /etc/init.d/bb:

#!/sbin/sh
#
# /etc/init.d/bb - Start/Stop the Big Brother daemons
#
# S Holmes	Dec 1998
#
PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/etc

case $1 in 
'start')
#
	if [ -x /your/path/to/bb/runbb.sh ]
	then
	su - bb "/your/path/to/bb/runbb.sh"  >/dev/null 2>/dev/null & 
	fi
	;;
'stop')
	pid=`/usr/bin/ps -ef | grep /your/path/to/bb/runbb.sh | \
		grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}'`
	if test "$pid"
	then
		kill -KILL $pid
	fi
	pid=`/usr/bin/ps -ef | grep /your/path/to/bb/bin/bbd | \
		grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}'`
	if test "$pid"
	then
		kill -KILL $pid
	fi
	;;
*)
	echo "usage: /etc/init.d/bb{start|stop}"
	;;
esac


Steve Holmes		 \WWW: http://wwwicd.cc.purdue.edu/~sjh
Unix Systems Administrator\Email:sholmes@purdue.edu
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