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I have the following script (what it does exactly is not important):

#!/bin/sh -e
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          watchdog_early
# Required-Start:    udev
# Required-Stop:     
# Default-Start:     S
# Default-Stop:
# X-Interactive:     true
# Short-Description: Start watchdog early.
### END INIT INFO

# Do stuff here...

I insert it into the S runlevel by invoking:

insserv watchdog_early

The aproriate link is created in /etc/rcS.d:

S04watchdog_early -> ../init.d/watchdog_early

and /etc/init.d/watchdog_early is executable (has mode 755).

Despite all this, it is NOT being run at boot. Why?

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  • Are you sure it's not failing for some reason rather than not running? Check your logs add some debug messages etc ?
    – user9517
    Jun 21, 2012 at 20:50
  • No, it's not failing. I added a bunch of debug messages. In a desperate move I even put "reboot -f" there so I know it runs when the device reboots during bootup... nothing seem to work.
    – MasterM
    Jun 21, 2012 at 20:54

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Post the full script.

Your shebang line, "#!/bin/sh -e" will exit on error. If the error condition is met before your debug output / lines run, you won't see them.

Alternately, remove the '-e' option and retry your script.

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