Adding dynip.sh to local.start.

[MasonS]

I tried adding this line to local.start:
/usr/local/bin/dynip.sh

but when I restart local it says it fails. So, I tried:
sh /usr/local/bin/dynip.sh

That doesn't work either. I obviously don't understand something very basic about local.start and would appreciate some help. Incidentally, it's a script to update my IP address with dyndns.org.

[magnet]

this sounds like good to me...
what error messages do you get ?
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[MasonS]

* Failed to start local. [!!]

Do we call that a Gentoo system message? Anyway, it's not a syntax error or anything. When I remove the line it works fine.

[magnet]

umm , so can you launch the script yourself ? does it works in that way ?
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[MasonS]

Yes. That's what I've been doing, but sometimes I forget to run it before I go to school and then I can just forget about sending my files home. Well...I guess I don't need to explain why, but just that I do..

[magnet]

so it works ? umm that really odd. where did you get that script, I'm gonna try it.
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[MasonS]

I got this link from dyndns.org: http://www.zikurrat.net/DynIP/

[Dinini]

Are you not using PPP to connect?

If so it's much more reliable to trigger the script from /etc/ppp/ip-up.local than from /etc/init.d/local.start.

Just to double check, you did chmod both /etc/init.d/local.start and your script to 755, right?

on further thought by any chance would the script attempt to send back a status code? I'm wondering if it sends back a return code so that the init script thinks it failed to run properly.

[MasonS]

The script sends back a few line breaks. I think you were right. It does appear to be working anyway.