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Running bash script in upstart .conf script

I would like run my bash script (kvm_manage) in startup, and it doesnt work. Here is my upstart .conf script:

      description "kvm start skript"

      start on local-filesystem
      stop on shutdown

      respawn 

      script
         exec /etc/kvm_manage start
      end script

I want run it with argument "start". It is possible? What should I change?

thanks for help

Solution

  • Running a command via exec with arguments is fine - see http://upstart.ubuntu.com/wiki/Stanzas#exec which gives such an example.

    However, upstart will use /bin/sh not bash, so if your script needs bash you'd need something like

    script
    exec bash -c '/etc/kvm_manage start'
end script

    Update: See also the suggestion in the comments from Guss to use the exec stanza instead for simple cases:

    exec bash -c '/etc/kvm_manage start'

    Or if kvm_manage is an executable with a she-bang (#!/bin/bash), then simply:

    exec /etc/kvm_manage start