Checking that Startup script is running

[edwin.evans]

I have a script in /root/Startup and it calls echo "test" > test.log. If I run it by itself it creates the test.log file, but it doesn't create it at startup. Does this mean my script isn't running, and if so what should I check?

[edwin.evans]

(Sorry I posted this in wrong section. I didn't notice where I was. I'll be more careful in future.)

[rcrsn51]

What Puppy are you using?

Is the script executable? Will it run just by clicking on it?

Try using a full path, like

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echo "test" > /tmp/test.log

[edwin.evans]

Yep, that was it. I didn't have the full path. Thanks!

It still isn't setting the time right, but now at least I know it is getting called and can debug. All I'm doing is running:
ntpdate north-america.pool.ntp.org

It works fine if I run the script that contains this line manually.

[rcrsn51]

Try this

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ntpdate north-america.pool.ntp.org > /tmp/ntp.log 2>&1

This would dump any error messages to the file /tmp/ntp.log

[edwin.evans]

Thanks! I'm good now

I needed to open ntp ports in /etc/services (http://www.ducea.com/2006/09/11/error-s ... _socktype/) and make sure it was run after network startup.