Re: run process in startup

[Jeff Vian <jvian10 charter net>]

On Tue, 2005-05-31 at 09:05 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote:
> On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 09:04:07AM -0400, Claude Jones wrote:
> > > > crontab -e
> > > > add at the end
> > > > @reboot /usr/local/bin/noip2
> > > Woah, cool. I never knew that -- very useful.
> > But what's the difference between doing it this way and adding the command
> > to rc.local? Is it just a matter of different paths to the same end, or
> > are there differences in the implementation?
> 
> The cron thing is an easy way to do it as a normal user.
> 
The cron thing also seems to avoid the hang during boot if the process
kicked off by rc.local fails to end/daemonize