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Tiny Core Base => TCB Talk => Topic started by: manit123 on August 26, 2012, 12:37:54 AM

Title: run script on startup of tiny core
Post by: manit123 on August 26, 2012, 12:37:54 AM: Currently i have installed tiny core on my USB stick
I found that /mnt/sda1/cde/onboot.lst has a list of tcz file which get loaded on boot.
I edited it so that now it looks like
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Xlibs.tcz Xprogs.tcz Xvesa.tcz fltk-1.10.tcz wbar.tcz flwm_topside.tcz Mplayer-nodeps.tcz dosfstools.tcz e2fsprogs.tcz mtools.tcz ntfs-3g.tcz ntfsprogs.tcz sun-jre.tcz OSS-modules-3.0.21-tinycore.tcz OSS.tcz ncurses-common.tcz ncurses.tcz vim-7.2-bin.tcz libxcb.tcz libxml2.tcz libffi.tcz glib2.tcz shared-mime-info.tcz graphics-libs-1.tcz gdk-pixbuf2.tcz Xorg-7.6-lib.tcz pango.tcz expat2.tcz fontconfig.tcz pixman.tcz cairo.tcz atk.tcz gtk2.tcz dbus.tcz dbus-glib.tcz libnotify.tcz curl.tcz libasound.tcz firefox.tcz hicolor-icon-theme.tcz gnome-icon-theme.tcz opera-11.tcz tree.tcz ttf-bitstream-vera.tcz leafpad.tcz lxde-icon-theme.tcz gamin.tcz menu-cache.tcz libfm.tcz pcmanfm2.tcz ossxmix.tcz [color=red]I have firefox , opera , mplayer , leafpad , pcmanfm , vim , partition handling tools here[/color]Now whenever i boot with my USB stick (without any restore option) , I get fresh distro (no backup of home folder) with desired applications pre-installed.
Currently , I run a script after fresh start to tweak my apps settings . It is as follows
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\cp -f dep/* /tmp/tce/optional/ \cp -f .vimrc ~/ mkdir -p ~/.mplayer \cp -f mplayerconfig ~/.mplayer/config sudo cp *ttf /usr/share/fonts cd ../complete-firefox-tc ./only-firefox-customise.txt cd ../complete-opera ./only-opera-customise.txtIs there some file which gets run after tcz have neen installed so that I can automate my startup script ?

There is no bootlocal.sh on my USB stick which means it gets dynamically created on startup .
Title: Re: run script on startup of tiny core
Post by: Rich on August 26, 2012, 12:51:37 AM: Hi manit123
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Is there some file which gets run after tcz have neen installed so that I can automate my startup script ?
That are directly accessible without a restore, not that I can think of. You could package the script as a personal
extension, and list it last in your onboot.lst.
Title: Re: run script on startup of tiny core
Post by: AbNoRMiS on August 26, 2012, 04:47:57 AM: bootlocal.sh is here
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cd /opt lshttp://wiki.tinycorelinux.net/wiki:bootlocal.sh_and_shutdown.sh
http://wiki.tinycorelinux.net/wiki:the_boot_process
please read wiki about tc work basics
Title: Re: run script on startup of tiny core
Post by: Rich on August 26, 2012, 09:34:33 AM: Hi AbNoRMiS
If I understand the original post correctly, he is referring to booting using norestore , so that won't work.

@manit123: Another possibility would be to have a persistent /opt
Title: Re: run script on startup of tiny core
Post by: AbNoRMiS on August 26, 2012, 11:52:09 AM: sorry Rich, you're right
i mistakenly read "without any restore options" as "norestore options"
then really need or make your own extension
or use backup as most simple and correct solution
Title: Re: run script on startup of tiny core
Post by: tinypoodle on August 26, 2012, 02:43:47 PM: - I think if you end up with a dir named cde there might be something wrong with your UFD install.
- Most of the entries in your onboot.lst are redundant, no extensions which ared dependencies of others need to be listed.

- Executables having a ".txt" suffix is bad practice!

- You could make a backup containing only bootlocal.sh (plus possibly the config files you want to restore).

- Excuse my ignorance but I can't understand what a backslash preceeding a command does, e.g. "\cp", I don't think I have ever noted such before.
Title: Re: run script on startup of tiny core
Post by: AbNoRMiS on August 26, 2012, 02:52:55 PM: Quote from: tinypoodle on August 26, 2012, 02:43:47 PM
- Excuse my ignorance but I can't understand what a backslash preceeding a command does, e.g. "\cp", I don't think I have ever noted such before.
perhaps it is vestiges of microsoft :)
Title: Re: run script on startup of tiny core
Post by: manit123 on September 16, 2012, 08:49:37 AM: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/bash-shell-temporarily-disable-an-alias/
Title: Re: run script on startup of tiny core
Post by: Rich on September 16, 2012, 09:03:53 AM: Hi manit123
Good one. I had no idea you could override an alias that way.
Title: Re: run script on startup of tiny core
Post by: manit123 on September 16, 2012, 10:36:20 AM: Code: [Select]
[quote] Most of the entries in your onboot.lst are redundant, no extensions which ared dependencies of others need to be listed. [/quote] I thinkonboot.lst should have list of extensions without any mention of dependency
If there is an entry called 'leafpad.tcz' then it should see
(1)if leafpad.tcz is already installed
(2)if not , is there a file named leafpad.tcz.dep
(3)if dep exists , do the same (1-4) for all something.tcz in that dep file
(4)you come across a basic tcz (has no dep file , say ncurses-common.tcz) then it should be installed after verifying md5sum with something.md5.txt .
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Does this happen ?

Currently I have no sth.dep or sth.md5.txt file in my 'optional' folder. I have just mounted them manually (which is a very inconvenient and crude way) in manner that happens when you run 'tce-load -wi application-name.tcz' ,
Title: Re: run script on startup of tiny core
Post by: gerald_clark on September 16, 2012, 12:04:25 PM: Because they would be sth,tcz,dep and sth.tcz.md5.txt.
Title: Re: run script on startup of tiny core
Post by: manit123 on September 16, 2012, 12:16:47 PM: after I copied sth.dep in optional folder , there is no need to mention order of dependencies or even their name . Just the name of app-file which we are installing suffice .
I think md5sum is optional .
Because I have no md5.txt in 'optional' folder . yet apps work fine.