I would like to add a command to be run at startup from within a shell script.
For example, I run the script once and it adds the cron job, so from that time on, each time the OS starts, a specific program is started.
More specific, I'd need xbindkeys
to run on startup and this to be done by a one-time running script.
So far I think this line would do the work:
@reboot xbindkeys
(xbindkeys
is in PATH)
How could I add this job from a script?
Best Answer
There are a number of ways to accomplish this. See this answer for more details. Adding
@reboot xbindkeys
to your crontab would work, but apparently only works when the machine is rebooted not when it comes up cold.That will add the line to your cron jobs, but typically I call the script by adding it in a line to
/etc/init.d/rc.local
, though I like Riccardo's suggestion of adding it to ~/.gnomerc.