Perhaps this has been asked/answered here before, but what would be the best method to make MIS run on boot on a Raspberry Pi?

I always run mis with the '-d' switch. A recent power outage here reminded me that I need to make it run at boot.

I've tried adding an @reboot line to my crontab and that doesn't seem to work.

I've also tried adding the command to rc.local (with and without '&') to no avail.

-ZR

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Zero Reader wrote to All <=-

I've also tried adding the command to rc.local (with and without '&')
to no avail.

OK, this is what I do (and it works).

In /etc/rc.local

/usr/local/bin/start-mystic

Contents of start-mystic
===
#!/bin/bash

rm -f /tmp/upgrade # Used by semi-automatic upgrade process
cd /mystic
./mis -d
./mis2 DAEMON
===

In /etc/crontab
===
# Check that MIS2 is running and restart if necessary
* * * * * root /usr/local/bin/check-mystic
===

Contents of check-mystic
===
#!/bin/bash

MYSTIC="/mystic" # Path to Mystic installation MIS2_OPTS="DAEMON" # Command line options for MIS2
MIS_OPTS="-d"
UPGRADE=/tmp/upgrade # Need a flag to tell the script if we are upgrading Mystic.
if [ -f $UPGRADE ]; then exit 0 ; fi # If we are upgrading Mystic, then abort. PID=`/bin/pidof mis` # Determine if MIS is running.
if [ "$PID" = "" ]; then # MIS has crashed, we will have to fix this!
cd $MYSTIC
rm -f semaphore/mis.bsy
./mis $MIS_OPTS
fi
PID2=`/bin/pidof mis2` # Determine if MIS2 is running.
if [ "$PID2" = "" ]; then # MIS2 has crashed, we will have to fix this!
cd $MYSTIC
rm -f semaphore/mis2.bsy
./mis2 $MIS2_OPTS
fi
===

My system has been pretty robust.


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On 06/26/17, Vk3jed said the following...

Zero Reader wrote to All <=-

I've also tried adding the command to rc.local (with and without '&') to no avail.

OK, this is what I do (and it works).

In /etc/rc.local

Thanks a million Tony! I'm going to give this a shot. I just extracted this
and will save if needed later. Great stuff!

73!

-ZR

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Zero Reader wrote to Vk3jed <=-

Thanks a million Tony! I'm going to give this a shot. I just extracted this and will save if needed later. Great stuff!

Good luck. You can do it on the crontab alone (which also restarts MIS/MIS2 if they crash), if you want. I can also post the upgrade script, which I use to do the initial stages of an upgrade between versions (after this, manual tweaks according to the documentation are often required).


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On 06/26/17, Vk3jed said the following...

Good luck. You can do it on the crontab alone (which also restarts MIS/MIS2 if they crash), if you want. I can also post the upgrade
script, which I use to do the initial stages of an upgrade between versions (after this, manual tweaks according to the documentation are

Already installed everything. Thanks again!

-ZR

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Zero Reader wrote to Vk3jed <=-

Already installed everything. Thanks again!

All working? :)


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On 06/26/17, Vk3jed said the following...

Zero Reader wrote to Vk3jed <=-

Already installed everything. Thanks again!

All working? :)

Indeed it is!

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Zero Reader wrote to Vk3jed <=-

All working? :)

Indeed it is!

Awesome. :) Do you want my upgrade script too? I use it to automate the file copying phase of an upgrade, as well as automatically disable the check for whether Mystic is running (so it doesn't get restarted in the middle of an upgrade!). I don't handle simple but tedious tasks well, so I automated that phase. :)


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On 06/26/17, Vk3jed said the following...

Awesome. :) Do you want my upgrade script too? I use it to automate
the file copying phase of an upgrade, as well as automatically disable
the check for whether Mystic is running (so it doesn't get restarted in the middle of an upgrade!). I don't handle simple but tedious tasks
well, so I automated that phase. :)

Well hey if you're offering it! Sure I'd love to check it out.

-ZR

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Zero Reader wrote to Vk3jed <=-

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On 06/26/17, Vk3jed said the following...

Awesome. :) Do you want my upgrade script too? I use it to automate
the file copying phase of an upgrade, as well as automatically disable
the check for whether Mystic is running (so it doesn't get restarted in the middle of an upgrade!). I don't handle simple but tedious tasks
well, so I automated that phase. :)

Well hey if you're offering it! Sure I'd love to check it out.

Sure, here it is. :) I've tried to put as many safety checks as possible into the script, so you don't accidentally trash something, especially your BBS! :) Change the variables near the top of the script to suit your environment. If not running on a Debian based distro, you may also need to find the correct location of pidof. I wrote this on Raspian Wheezy.

#!/bin/bash

if [ "$1" = "" ]; then
echo "Usage: $0 <path to new mystic version>"
exit 1
fi

if ! [ -d $1 ]; then
echo "Path $1 not found or is not a directory!"
exit 1
fi

DIR=$1 # Path to upgrade files (specified on command line) USER="mystic" # User that owns the Mystic installation
GROUP="mystic" # Group that owns the Mystic installation MYSTIC="/mystic" # Path to running Mystic installation
if ! [ -f $DIR/mystic ]; then
echo "Directory $DIR does not appear to be a Mystic distribution!"
exit 1
fi

if [ -d $DIR/mystic ]; then
echo "Directory $DIR does not appear to be a Mystic distribution!"
exit 1
fi

if ! [ -x $DIR/mystic ]; then
echo "Directory $DIR does not appear to be a Mystic distribution!"
exit 1
fi

MIS=`/bin/pidof mis`
MIS2=`/bin/pidof mis2`
echo $MIS $MIS2
if ! [ "$MIS" = "" ]; then
echo "MIS is still running, terminating..."
kill $MIS
fi
if ! [ "$MIS2" = "" ]; then
echo "MIS is still running, terminating..."
kill $MIS2
fi
sleep 5
MIS=`/bin/pidof mis`
MIS2=`/bin/pidof mis2`
echo $MIS $MIS2
if ! [ "$MIS" = "" ]; then
echo "MIS is stuck, aborting. Please fix this manually."
exit 1
fi
if ! [ "$MIS2" = "" ]; then
echo "MIS2 is stuck, aborting. Please fix this manually."
exit 1
fi
touch /tmp/upgrade
echo -n "Backing up Mystic installation..."
rm -rf /backup/mystic.2
mv /backup/mystic.1 /backup/mystic.2
mv /backup/mystic /backup/mystic.1
cp -aR $MYSTIC /backup
echo "done!"

echo -n "Upgrading Mystic binaries..."
cp $DIR/mystic $MYSTIC
cp $DIR/mis $MYSTIC
cp $DIR/fidopoll $MYSTIC
cp $DIR/mutil $MYSTIC
cp $DIR/mbbsutil $MYSTIC
cp $DIR/nodespy $MYSTIC
cp $DIR/qwkpoll $MYSTIC
cp $DIR/upgrade $MYSTIC
cp $DIR/mis2 $MYSTIC
cp $DIR/scripts/mplc $MYSTIC/scripts
cp $DIR/scripts/mide $MYSTIC/scripts
chown -R $USER.$GROUP $MYSTIC
echo "done!"

echo "Basic file copying done. Upgrade is NOT complete! Refer to upgrade.txt from your Mystic distribution for further instructions, before restarting Mystic."

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On 06/27/17, Vk3jed said the following...

Sure, here it is. :) I've tried to put as many safety checks as
possible into the script, so you don't accidentally trash something, especially your BBS! :) Change the variables near the top of the script
to suit your environment. If not running on a Debian based distro, you

Awesome. Looks good. I just saved it out and will play with it later!

-ZR

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Zero Reader wrote to Vk3jed <=-

Awesome. Looks good. I just saved it out and will play with it later!

Enjoy. Yeah it does the trick for me, and as idiot proof as I could make it.
D


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