autoexec.bat

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#1

Does Linux have the equivalent of an autoexec.bat file? If yes. What is the filename and where is it located?

#2

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Google for ‘linux startup files’ (without quotes). It’s a much nicer
world. Basically, it depends what you want to do which file you modify.

Good luck.

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| Does Linux have the equivalent of an autoexec.bat file? If yes. What is
| the filename and where is it located?
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#3

In KDE the Autostart directory is at /home/yourname/.kde/Autostart
In Gnome open the Menu → Control Centre → System → Sessions → Startup Programs

Luck

#4

if you’re looking for something indepent from the windowmanager that gets started quite early on bootup you probably want:
/etc/init.d/boot.local

#5

So if I call my script directly, for instance, perl myscript.pl, will be executed without problems?
This list of programs are called after started every system services?

#6

In case just to remind that autoexec.bat is only for dos session. Was replace by system.ini for 16bits windows version and for NT/XP/Vista by Registry keys such as
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

#7

Rather than ask what is the Linux equivalent of autoexe.bat, I think it would be better if you stated what it is you want to accomplish, then ask which file to edit to make it happen.

#8

On 2008-07-29, bigrigdriver <bigrigdriver@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:

> Rather than ask what is the Linux equivalent of autoexe.bat, I think it
> would be better if you stated what it is you want to accomplish, then
> ask which file to edit to make it happen.

Most anyone knows what autoexec.bat stands for: starting apps at boot.
So if you remark meant: ‘You should ask how to start apps at boot, rather
then…’, I disagree.

If, however, you meant: ‘You should specify if the app should be started at
boot, or at login’, then I feel we’d be pointing this/him into the right
direction.

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#9

For start at login and many environment variables look at ~/.bashrc for a default SUSE install. I don’t recall off hand what the csh equivalent is - ~/.login maybe?

Since the OP may be new, ~ is the home directory - if I used my avatar name here for an account this would mean ~ = /home/Neophyte42 for me. The .filename denotes a hidden file that may or may not be visible from konqueror (or any other gui file browser) depending on the settings. From the terminal, these files are visible using ls -a and the -l option can be used to give some extra info like sizes and dates. Many commands let you string options, so ls -a -l could be expressed ls -al instead - but this behavior shouldn’t be assumed - check the man or info page first.