running a script after a power failure....

[unclejed613]

i've been trying to figure out debian's use of scripts during boot... i have a script i want run as user "pi" (uid 1000)... let's just call the script "foo"...
i have the following line entered in /etc/rc.local (this seems to work in other linux distro's but not in debian):

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su- 1000 -c /home/pi/./foo

on the pi it doesn't seem to work.... what am i missing?

[jojopi]

su- 1000 -c /home/pi/./foo

Huh? "su-" is not a command. su does not accept numeric uids—you must specify "pi" rather than "1000". The "/./" in the command path is redundant.

[Joe Schmoe]

su- 1000 -c /home/pi/./foo

Huh? "su-" is not a command. su does not accept numeric uids—you must specify "pi" rather than "1000". The "/./" in the command path is redundant.

But maybe the (non-standard) "su-" command does…
Maybe "su-" is something the poster wrote himself.

Also, not *all* of the "/./" is superfluous. You need at least one slash, or else it would be "pifoo".

[Richdotward]

I use crontab to run a script at boot.

Sudo crobtab -e

Just add

@reboot /home/.......... /....sh

Rich