Re: How to start Informix online at boot time?

This is a multipart message in MIME format --------------InterScan_NT_MIME_Boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable =20 Just to throw another idea into this, what I do here is have a shell=20 script that starts Informix, which IS run a part of the machine boot,=20 but only if a certain file doesn't exist=2E i=2Ee=2E =20 INFORMIXDIR=3D/informix INFORMIXSERVER=3Dgps_shm ONCONFIG=3Donconfig=2Egps PATH=3D$PATH:$INFORMIXDIR/bin export INFORMIXDIR INFORMIXSERVER ONCONFIG PATH if test ! -f /informix/local/etc/NOSTART; then touch /informix/local/etc/NOSTART oninit fi =20 The Informix shutdown script runs with the Unix shutdown, and removes=20 the NOSTART file=2E Thus, with a clean reboot of Unix, Informix start= s=20 up automatically, but if Unix crashes, Informix stays down=2E =20 Davin =20 P=2ES=2E I use su - informix -c {startup script} in the rc file=2E =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 ********************************************************************** DST International Tel:+44 181 390 5000 www=2Edstinternational=2Eco=2Eu= k=20 This message and any attachments to it is intended only for the=20 individual or company to which it is addressed and may contain=20 information which is privileged, confidential or prohibited from=20 disclosure or unauthorised use=2E If the recipient of this=20 transmission is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent=20 responsible for delivering such materials to the intended recipient,=20 you are hereby notified that any use, any form of reproduction,=20 dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, distribution and/or=20 publication of this e-mail message or its attachments other than by=20 its intended recipient is strictly prohibited by the sender=2E =20 If you have received it in error, please notify us immediately by=20 telephone on the number above and destroy the message and all copies=20 in your possession=2E ********************************************************************** --------------InterScan_NT_MIME_Boundary--