Run shell script at boot

[mmocz]

Hi,

I am trying to run a shell script /home/pi/mmal/startmotion at boot, but so far I had no success. What should I do so it runs at boot? rc.local? CRON? And how to do it?

Thanks a lot

[tedhale]

/etc/rc.local is the usual place to do this. Be sure to run the script in the background (add a & to the end of the line) otherwise rc.local won't exit until your script completes and startup will hang. Of course, if that's the behavior you want, the leave off the &.