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I want to run a script when FreeBSD boots. I tried symlinking to it from /usr/local/etc/rc.d, but the script itself (myscript.sh) uses paths such as ./init-site.sh. These don't resolve correctly when invoked from /usr/local/etc/rc.d.

What would a simple script look like that would start myscript.sh and allow it's use of dot characters to correctly resolve to the script's own directory rather than /usr/local/etc/rc.d?

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cd /actual/path/to/script

On top of your script?

Or you could add your script to /etc/rc.local. That way the script will run form it's current location and you would not have to worry about the path.

/etc/rc.conf is normally a file that contains loads of variables, but you can call commands to run at runtime also. Just add your script at the bottom.

 ./actual/path/to/script/myscript.sh

More info: FreeBSD Handbook

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hmm... i can't edit the target script unfortunately. Is there an easy way to create a wrapper? – ralph Apr 8 '11 at 9:47
Edited my post. – Bart De Vos Apr 8 '11 at 9:53
I tried symlinking to the script from /usr/local/etc/rc.d but it can't resolve paths in ./xxx format. I can't copy the script into /usr/local/etc/rc.d or the same thing will happen. – ralph Apr 8 '11 at 10:12
Sorry, brainfart... Edit above – Bart De Vos Apr 8 '11 at 10:16
cool, thanksss. – ralph Apr 8 '11 at 11:24
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