Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 20:14:00 +0100 From: Lewis Thompson <lewiz@fajita.org> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: FreeBSD-questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Python application in rc.d. Message-ID: <20040620191400.GA70741@fajita.org> In-Reply-To: <40D5DF22.5020609@mac.com> References: <20040620175144.GA68736@fajita.org> <40D5DF22.5020609@mac.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sun, Jun 20, 2004 at 03:01:54PM -0400, Chuck Swiger wrote: > Lewis Thompson wrote: > >I'm trying to create a port for a Python application that I want to > >start from local/etc/rc.d. The command is this: > > > >/usr/bin/su freevo -c "/usr/local/bin/freevo -fs start" > /dev/null 2>&1 > > > > Unfortunately when I boot up I get a message about Python not being > >configured/available at this time. > > Does the script set $PATH to include the location where python is? If you > don't list /usr/local/bin explicitly, this may be the problem... No, PATH doesn't get set but if I run it as /usr/local/bin/freevo.sh start from a login shell (i.e. after the system has booted) it works fine. I might be getting confused but I think this indicates the script is good and it's a start-up problem. Is this just wrong? Thanks for your reply, -lewiz. -- I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now. --Bob Dylan, 1964. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -| msn:purple@lewiz.net | jabber:lewiz@jabber.org | url:www.lewiz.org |- [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFA1eH4Itq0KFQv7T8RAlugAKD8WUD0Gz8h6+3TW5pFz6ONP12fpACfYPH+ EUIOn2CsOQ8sxVbX/w5t7Ts= =gqMO -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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