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Date:      Mon, 15 Mar 2004 05:52:29 +0100 (CET)
From:      robert@martin-legene.dk
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   ports/64279: New port: sysutils/autostart
Message-ID:  <200403150452.i2F4qTrA076568@kb.pinguino.dk>
Resent-Message-ID: <200403150500.i2F50Xa2060525@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         64279
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       New port: sysutils/autostart
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Mar 14 21:00:32 PST 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Robert Martin-Legene
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:

	Confirmed working on 4.2-RELEASE and 4.9-RELEASE.

>Description:

	New port: sysutils/autostart

	Autostart will automatically launch user programs (usually a
	script owned by the user) after the machine has booted.

>How-To-Repeat:

	cd /usr/ports/sysutils/autostart
	make install clean
	vi .autostart.`whoami`@`hostname`
	chmod 744 !$
	su root -c reboot


>Fix:

# This is a shell archive.  Save it in a file, remove anything before
# this line, and then unpack it by entering "sh file".  Note, it may
# create directories; files and directories will be owned by you and
# have default permissions.
#
# This archive contains:
#
#	autostart
#	autostart/Makefile
#	autostart/pkg-descr
#	autostart/pkg-plist
#	autostart/distinfo
#
echo c - autostart
mkdir -p autostart > /dev/null 2>&1
echo x - autostart/Makefile
sed 's/^X//' >autostart/Makefile << 'END-of-autostart/Makefile'
X# New ports collection makefile for:   autostart
X# Date created:                15 Mar 2004
X# Whom:                        Robert Martin-Legene <robert@martin-legene.dk>
X#
X# $FreeBSD$
X#
X
XPORTNAME=	autostart
XPORTVERSION=	1.02
XCATEGORIES=	sysutils
XMASTER_SITES=	http://robert.martin-legene.dk/ports/distfiles/
X
XMAINTAINER=	robert@martin-legene.dk
XCOMMENT=	Automatically launch user programs after machine has booted
X
XMAN8=		autostart.8
XMANCOMPRESSED=	yes
X
X.include <bsd.port.mk>
END-of-autostart/Makefile
echo x - autostart/pkg-descr
sed 's/^X//' >autostart/pkg-descr << 'END-of-autostart/pkg-descr'
XAfter a machine has booted, users home directories are checked
Xfor an autostart file. If such exists and the permissions
Xlooks safe, the file will be executed.
X
XThis will hinder users having to make crontabs that runs once
Xevery 15 minutes / 1 hours or whatever their preference might
Xbe, to ensure that their applications are running even after
Xa system boot.
X
X- robert@martin-legene.dk
END-of-autostart/pkg-descr
echo x - autostart/pkg-plist
sed 's/^X//' >autostart/pkg-plist << 'END-of-autostart/pkg-plist'
Xsbin/autostart
Xetc/rc.d/autostart.sh
END-of-autostart/pkg-plist
echo x - autostart/distinfo
sed 's/^X//' >autostart/distinfo << 'END-of-autostart/distinfo'
XMD5 (autostart-1.02.tar.gz) = 9c8b228fe1a59e58769b2ffc80a56b07
END-of-autostart/distinfo
exit

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