I want to run a script when FreeBSD boots. I tried symlinking to it from /usr/local/etc/rc.d, but the script itself (myscript.sh) uses paths such as ./init-site.sh. These don't resolve correctly when invoked from /usr/local/etc/rc.d.
What would a simple script look like that would start myscript.sh and allow it's use of dot characters to correctly resolve to the script's own directory rather than /usr/local/etc/rc.d?
cd /actual/path/to/script On top of your script?
Or you could add your script to /etc/rc.local. That way the script will run form it's current location and you would not have to worry about the path.
/etc/rc.conf is normally a file that contains loads of variables, but you can call commands to run at runtime also. Just add your script at the bottom.
./actual/path/to/script/myscript.sh More info: FreeBSD Handbook
/usr/local/etc/rc.d but it can't resolve paths in ./xxx format. I can't copy the script into /usr/local/etc/rc.d or the same thing will happen. rc.conf. This file is sourced many times during boot process and any operations with rc-scripts. There is old /etc/rc.local file for commands which need to be executed during boot (which is sourced by /etc/rc.d/local). Check rcorder /etc/rc.d/* to ensure that it called at the right time.